Let's see who is smart enough to figure this one out!!
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I couldn't figure that out if my life depended on it.
Based on the first line, the helmet should be 10. If that is the case, the second line would make the footballs 5. The third line shows the whistles to be 2.
Now, with the order of operations being multiplication before addition, you would have 5+2X10. You first do the multiplication, because of order of operations, which would make 20, add 5, and you have 25.
Now, with the order of operations being multiplication before addition, you would have 5+2X10. You first do the multiplication, because of order of operations, which would make 20, add 5, and you have 25.
But 70 isn't right. Order of operations. You multiply before you add.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations
"For example, in mathematics and most computer languages, multiplication is granted a higher precedence than addition, and it has been this way since the introduction of modern algebraic notation.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] Thus, the expression 2 + 3 × 4 is interpreted to have the value 2 + (3 × 4) = 14, not (2 + 3) × 4 = 20."
Thus, this problem would be 5 + (2 x 10). That would be 25.
"For example, in mathematics and most computer languages, multiplication is granted a higher precedence than addition, and it has been this way since the introduction of modern algebraic notation.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] Thus, the expression 2 + 3 × 4 is interpreted to have the value 2 + (3 × 4) = 14, not (2 + 3) × 4 = 20."
Thus, this problem would be 5 + (2 x 10). That would be 25.
correct. now... How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
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Ding ding! Winner!
There is a multiplication in the last row.
So you multiply 2 (whistle) x 10 (helmet) for 20, then add 5 (football).
That makes 25.
Why?
