How do you evaluate $3^3- 8 * 3 ÷ 12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-04T20:08:29

The operator precedence is important. You have probably come across PEMDAS:

Parentheses
Exponent
Multiply
Divide
Add
Subtract

Applying this in order we get:

$3^3-8*3-:12$

$=27-8*3-:12$

$=27-24-:12$

$=27-2$

$=25$

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