What is 7+9(3+8)?

1 Answer
Apr 16, 2016

Always use the order of operations, as shown in the following poster.

http://sites.saschina.org/jcurran/2016/01/07/january-89-order-of-operationsexponents/http://sites.saschina.org/jcurran/2016/01/07/january-89-order-of-operationsexponents/

Explanation:

Step 1:

Evaluate inside the parentheses

7+9×(11)

Step 2:

Evaluate the multiplication

7+99

Step 3:

Evaluate the addition

106

Thus, your answer is 106.

Hopefully this helps!