1. 15+4×3÷16 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first of these going left to right is 4×3, so we replace 4×3 by 12 and copy everything else over just as it is: 15+12÷16 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first (only) of these going left to right is 12÷16 , so we replace 12÷16 byreduced to and copy everything else over just as it is: 15+ There is only this operation of addition remaining, so the answer is gotten my getting the LCD: or --------------------------------------- 2. 8×10÷5+7 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first of these going left to right is 8×10, so we replace 8×10 by 80 and copy everything else over just as it is: 80÷5+7 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first (the one one) of these going left to right is 80÷5, so we replace 80÷5 by 16 and copy everything else over just as it is: 16+7 There is only this operation of addition remaining, and 16+7 = 23 Answer: 23 --------------------------------------- 3. 42+16÷8×5 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first of these going left to right is 16÷8, so we replace 16÷8 by 2 and copy everything else over just as it is: 42+2×5 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first (only one) of these going left to right is 16÷8, so we replace 2×5 by 10 and copy everything else over just as it is: 42+10 There is only this operation of addition remaining, and 42+10 = 52 Answer: 52 --------------------------------------- 4. (2×6)÷4+8 A. Parentheses come first. The parentheses (2×6) contain the operation 2×6, so we replace the (2×6) by 12 and copy everything else over 12÷4+8 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first (only one) of these going left to right is 4×3, so we replace 12÷4 by 3 and copy everything else over just as it is: 3+8 That's just 11. --------------------------------------- 5. 4×9-[(12-5)÷7] A. Parentheses come first. Innermost parentheses come first. The innermost parentheses is (12-5),and it contains 12-5 so we replace (12-5) by 7 and copy everything else over: 4×9-[7÷7] A. Parentheses come first. The parentheses [7÷7] contains 7÷7 which is 1, so we replace [7÷7] by 1 and copy everything else over: 4×9-1 A. Parentheses come first. There are no parentheses B. Exponents come second There are no exponents C. Multiplications and divisions come third, as they appear going left to right. The first (only one) of these going left to right is 4×9, so we replace 4×9 by 36 and copy everything else over just as it is: 36-1 That's just 35. Edwin