How do you simplify 14+5(2)?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2015

4

Explanation:

We use BIDMAS. This stands for:
Brackets
Indices
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction.

Even though it might seem as though Multiplication goes after Division and Subtraction after addition, they are at the same level, so you'd follow a left-to-right order.

So, we first do Brackets:
We have (2). This equals 2.
No Indices, Divisions, or Multiplications, so we pass into Addition and Subtraction:
14+5(2), but we've done Brackets:
14+5+2.
We then follow a left-to-right order:
14=3
3+5=2
2+2=4. So, we are left with 14+5(2) being equal to:
4.