Please help ....
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Please help ....
Assisting my DD in her maths revision for school exams - and we have come to blows on this one :
3x4-2(5-2)=
Who can tell me the correct answer - I think its 6, she thinks its 30. Which one is right!!
Thanks
3x4-2(5-2)=
Who can tell me the correct answer - I think its 6, she thinks its 30. Which one is right!!
Thanks
Re: Please help ....
6 is correct.
Using bodmas, you do the brackets first, so 5-2=3
Then do the the multiplications so 3x4 is 12 and 2x3 is 6
Then the subtraction 12-6 to give 6
Using bodmas, you do the brackets first, so 5-2=3
Then do the the multiplications so 3x4 is 12 and 2x3 is 6
Then the subtraction 12-6 to give 6
Re: Please help ....
Thanks!! You know when you start to doubt yourself ..........!!