Jamar writes 5 - (-6) * 4+(-3) = 41. Elena says the result should be 26. Who is correct and why?

1 Answer
Mar 3, 2018

Elena (26)

Explanation:

5 - (-6) * 4 + (-3)
= 5 - (-24) + (-3)
= 5 + 24 - 3
= 26

Therefore Elena is correct because in the first step, we need to multiply first, then addition or subtraction.