Question

How do you evaluate `200 + 32 \times 5`?

Answer 1

360

Explanation:

In the order of things multiply 'is more important' than plus or minus. So we do that 'action' first.
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Step 1

`32xx5`

Note that 5 is the same as `10xx1/2`

So instead of `32xx5` we can write

`32xx10xx1/2color(white)("d") =color(white)("d") 320xx1/2color(white)("d")=color(white)("d")160`

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Step 2

`200+160color(white)("d")=color(white)("d")360`