Question

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

Answer 1

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.