Solve (7-4-3)(15-6-2)+3×5×2: Order of Operations Challenge

Question

(743)(1562)+352= (7-4-3)(15-6-2)+3\cdot5\cdot2=

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve the following problem
00:03 Always solve the parentheses first
00:16 Given that within the parentheses there's only multiplication, we'll solve from left to right
00:31 Treat everything inside the parentheses as one factor
00:34 Any number multiplied by 0 will always equal 0
00:37 Let's continue to solve the expression
00:40 This is the solution

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's simplify this expression while following the order of operations which states that exponents come before multiplication and division, which come before addition and subtraction, and that parentheses come before all of these,

Therefore, we'll start by simplifying the expressions in parentheses first:
(743)(1562)+352=07+352= (7-4-3)(15-6-2)+3\cdot5\cdot2= \\ 0\cdot7+3\cdot5\cdot2=

We'll continue and perform the multiplications in the two terms we got in the expression in the last stage, this is because multiplication comes before addition. In each term we'll perform the multiplications step by step from left to right, also remember that multiplying any number by 0 gives a result of 0:

07+352=0+152=30 0\cdot7+3\cdot5\cdot2= \\ 0+15\cdot2= \\ 30

Note that since the commutative property of multiplication applies, and in the second term from the left in the expression we simplified above there is multiplication between all terms, the order of operations in this calculation doesn't matter (it's not necessary to perform the left multiplication first etc. as we did), however it is recommended to practice performing operations from left to right as this is the natural order of arithmetic operations (in the absence of parentheses, or other preceding arithmetic operations according to the known order of operations mentioned at the beginning of this solution)

Therefore the correct answer is answer D.

Answer

30