How do you simplify -4(3+3)?

1 Answer

Use PEMDAS to determine the order to do things and arrive at -24

Explanation:

To solve this, we'll use PEMDAS. P stands for Parentheses (or brackets as I like to call them), so we'll work the addition inside them first, then do the multiplication.

Starting with the original:

-4(3+3)

and now working the addition within the brackets:

-4(6)

and now the multiplication:

-24