Jan 31 2010, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ElkRiverRancher
Okay .... 8 ÷ 2 x 2 ÷ 2 = what, exactly? Are you going to do the multiplication, first, or the division, first?
Multiplication, first (2 x 2 = 4), then do the division (8 ÷ 4 (= 2) ÷ 2 = 1)
Division, first (8 ÷ 2 = 4) x ( 2 ÷ 2 = 1) = 4
Or, are you going to do the equation in order 'left to right'
8 ÷ 2 (= 4) x 2 (= 8) ÷ 2 (= 4)
Seems to me that if you 'speak' this equation in a sentence stream
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Unless there are () around number it is division first then multiplication. So it would be 8/2 x 2/2 so you have 4x1, the answering being 4.
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