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Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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1. Multiplying Integers
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Exercise 39 Page 53

Pay close attention to the order of operations.

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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, this means evaluating the exponent expression before subtracting the terms. 4-(- 2)^3 Let's do it!

Operation Before Simplification After Simplification
Calculate Power 4-(- 2)^3 4-( - 8)
Subtract Terms 4-( - 8) 12
The expression is equal to 12.

Alternative Solution

 Using a Calculator

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

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