Order of Operation

                                                      

You pushed the following buttons on your calculator:order of operations

       7 + 14 / 3 x 6= The result was 42.

Your teacher told you that her calculator showed a different answer when she punched in the numbers in the same sequence.

       7 + 14 / 3 x 6 = The result was 35.

 

Explain why the results are different by telling how the two calculators operate.

 

 

 

 

© Ellen Gabor, 2003

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