document.write( "Question 984529: My nephew came home from school (fifth grade) with a math problem that no one in my house can figure out. Please help.\r
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document.write( "It probably didn't occur to you to put a parentheses \r\n" );
document.write( "between the two digits of 16, separating it into a 1\r\n" );
document.write( "and a 6.  It also may not have occurred to you to\r\n" );
document.write( "put a parentheses before the -4 making it a multiplied\r\n" );
document.write( "\"negative four\" rather than a \"subtracted four\". \r\n" );
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document.write( "1(6(-4/2)+3*(3+7))   <--- answer\r\n" );
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document.write( "which equals\r\n" );
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document.write( "1(6(-2)+3*(3+7))\r\n" );
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document.write( "1(6(-2)+3*(10))\r\n" );
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document.write( "1(-12+3*(10))\r\n" );
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document.write( "1(-12+30)\r\n" );
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document.write( "1(18)\r\n" );
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document.write( "18\r\n" );
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