Devin made some mistakes. Identify where he made each mistake:

24 : 6 x (5 - 1)

= 24 : 6 x 4

= 24 : 24

= 1

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Ollie

Mathematics

8 September, 11:09

Devin made some mistakes. Identify where he made each mistake:

24 : 6 x (5 - 1)

= 24 : 6 x 4

= 24 : 24

= 1

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Adelyn Haas · Answer 1

When doing the order of operations and you are put in a situation where you do two different operations, solve the problem from left to right.

In this case instead of doing 6*4 first do 24/6 first.

Devin made some mistakes. Identify where he made each mistake:24 : 6 x (5 - 1)= 24 : 6 x 4= 24 : 24= 1

Devin made some mistakes. Identify where he made each mistake:

24 : 6 x (5 - 1)

= 24 : 6 x 4

= 24 : 24

= 1