Solve for the Missing Number in 12×3-4+?=27: Order of Operations

Question

12×34+?=27 12\times3-4+?=27

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:01 Multiplication comes before addition and subtraction
00:24 Subtract 32 from both sides of the equation to isolate the unknown

Step-by-Step Solution

According to the rules of operations, we first place the multiplication exercise in parentheses:

(12×3)4+?=27 (12\times3)-4+?=27

We solve the exercise in parentheses:

12×3=36 12\times3=36

We obtain the exercise:

364+?=27 36-4+?=27

We reduce:

32+?=27 32+?=27

We move 32 to the other side and change to the correct sign:

?=2732 ?=27-32

?=5 ?=-5

Answer

5 -5