Question

PLEASE HELP! Write a numerical expression involving division in which the first step in evaluating the expression is addition. Discuss why addition rather than division is the first step.

Answer 1

4/(1+3) or
`(4)/(1+3)`

Addition is the first step for two reasons.
1) the Order of Operations requires you do operations in parentheses first
2) the division cannot be performed until you know what you're dividing