Question

Which operation should you perform first when you simplify 63 − (2 + 54 multiply 6) ÷ 5?

Answer 1

Multiply 54 by 6

Explanation:

Remember the Order of Operations:

Parentheses

Exponents

Multiplication/Division (Whichever comes first)

Addition/Subtraction (Whichever comes first)

In this case, we can start by looking inside of the parentheses.

There are two signs; addition and multiplication.

Now we look back to the order of operations (PEMDAS), and see that multiplication comes before addition, therefore you should first multiply 54 by 6.