Question

Simplify: 4!

4
8
12
24

Answer 1

Is the "!" punctuation, or part of the problem?

Answer 2

It's part of the problem

Answer 3

An exclamation point at the end is called factorial. It means you want to multiply all the numbers, starting from the number given, all the way down to 1. So 4! means 4 *3 * 2 * 1. 10! would mean 10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1, etc.