How do you evaluate 12div4div212÷4÷2?

1 Answer
Mar 6, 2018

The answer is 1.51.5.

Explanation:

Since all the operations in this expression are the same, start with the leftmost part and move to the right after every step.

It ends up looking like this:

color(white)=12div4div2=12÷4÷2

=color(red)(12div4)div2=12÷4÷2

=color(red)3div2=3÷2

=color(blue)(3div2)=3÷2

=color(blue)1.5=1.5