How do you simplify 16 -10 div 5+13?

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Azimet
Jan 15, 2017

The answer is 27. Explanation below.

Explanation:

The order of operations ranks multiplication and division in higher priority than addition and subtraction. Therefore, we have to do the division 10div5=2 first.

Then, we get 16 - 2 + 13, which gives a result of 27.

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