Originally Posted By: Gr8day
Use parentheses in the last 2 terms on the left (5 x11). Then it equals 81.


It doesnt require parentheses. You always do multiplication or division before addition or subtraction. Unless the addition / subtraction part of the problem is its self contained in parentheses then those parts are calculated first.


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