Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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1. Multiplying Integers
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Exercise 32 Page 53

Pay close attention to the order of operations.

30

Practice makes perfect
According to the order of operations, expressions inside parentheses are evaluated first, followed by exponents, then multiplication and division, and finally addition and subtraction are evaluated last. We can use the acronym PEMDAS to help us remember the correct order!
pemdas

For the given expression, we can perform the multiplication from left to right one pair at a time. - 5* 3* (- 2) Let's do it!

Operation Before Simplification After Simplification
Multiply - 5* 3* (- 2) - 15* (- 2)
Multiply - 15* ( - 2) 30
The expression is equal to 30.

Alternative Solution

Using a Calculator

We can also evaluate this expression using a calculator. To do so, we type it as shown below.