How to do this problem, explain please! 16*3-4/16-3*4

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anonymous · Answer

Focus on the order of operations.  Do you know PEMDAS?

anonymous · Answer

Can you please tell me the answer and be more in depth? and yesssss I do know PEMDAS but I'm stuck on this particular one.

agreene · Answer

Parenthesis 
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

anonymous · Answer

Can you please tell me the answer and be more in depth? and yesssss I do know PEMDAS but I'm stuck on this particular one.

anonymous · Answer

Sure!  Well, there are no parenthesis.  Or exponents.  Next is Multiplication or division.  Becasue these two have no preference as to what happens first, you can just go as you read in the question.

anonymous · Answer

So, you would start out with 16*3

anonymous · Answer

@cj23194

anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

Which is?

anonymous · Answer

which is what

anonymous · Answer

16*3=?

anonymous · Answer

48

anonymous · Answer

Good!  So our new equation is 48-4/16-3*4.  What do you think we do next?

anonymous · Answer

3*4

anonymous · Answer

That's an option, yes.  However, I like to think of PEMDAS like this:
P
E
MD
AS

anonymous · Answer

It doesn't really matter in this problem, but you should get into the habit.

anonymous · Answer

48-4

anonymous · Answer

Not quite.  Multiplication and Division still come before Addition and Subtraction

anonymous · Answer

The next step would be 4/16