CEMC Pascal, 2014

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

The value of $(8 \times 6) - (4 \div 2)$ is

Pick one

Solution

We evaluate the expression by first evaluating the expressions in brackets: $(8\times 6) - (4 \div 2) = 48 - 2 = 46$

Want a route through all this instead of an archive? The track puts 2,604 problems in a working order, from Junior Challenge level to the IMO shortlist.

Source: CEMC, University of Waterloo, licensed CC-BY-NC-4.0. Statement reproduced verbatim; metadata (topic, difficulty) added by this project.