Order of Operation
You pushed the following buttons on your calculator:
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