Question

Solve the following expression using the rules of PEMDAS.
$[6\times 12-2]÷5$

Answer 1

According to PEMDAS, the order of operations to solve a mathematical expression:
P: Parentheses
E: Exponents
M: Multiplication
D: Division
A: Addition
S: Subtraction

Thus, the first step to solve the above expression would be to solve the expressions within the parentheses. It will be followed by division.
Since the expression in the parentheses has two operations, we will first solve the multiplication problem. It will be followed by subtraction.


$[6\times 12-2]÷5$
$\Rightarrow \left[\right(6\times 12)-2]÷5=[72-2]÷5$
$\Rightarrow 70÷5=14$