+59 The answer to "-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4" would be -31.
To solve "-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4" the first thing to do would be to multiply wherever there is a multiplication sign so that we can then add the remaining numbers together. Adding before multiplying would not follow the order of operations and would give us a completely different answer!
We can see that there are two multiplication signs in the equation and thus we need to multiply two pairs of numbers together:
-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4
Let's start with "9 * -1":
9 * -1 = -9
Now for "4 * 4":
4 * 4 = 16
Now we can plug -9 and 16 back into the equation in place of the original pairs of numbers:
-6 + -9 - 16
Now all we have to do is add and subtract from the left to the right side of the equation. We can start this by finding "-6 + -9":
-6 + -9 = -15
Because both -6 and -9 are negative values, we can add them as if they were positive numbers, but we need to remember to place a "-" sign at the end of our answer.
Now to plug -15 back into the equation:
-15 - 16
Our final step to solving this equation is to subtract 16 from -15. Keep in mind that subtracting one number from another is the same as adding the negative value of that first number to the second number. In other words:
-15 - 16 = -15 + -16
We can just add -15 and -16 just (as we did with -6 and -9) to obtain a final answer of -31. Thus, our answer to the equation would be -31.
I hope I helped.
-pokemonfan58
+59 The answer to "-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4" would be -31.
To solve "-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4" the first thing to do would be to multiply wherever there is a multiplication sign so that we can then add the remaining numbers together. Adding before multiplying would not follow the order of operations and would give us a completely different answer!
We can see that there are two multiplication signs in the equation and thus we need to multiply two pairs of numbers together:
-6 + 9 * -1 - 4 * 4
Let's start with "9 * -1":
9 * -1 = -9
Now for "4 * 4":
4 * 4 = 16
Now we can plug -9 and 16 back into the equation in place of the original pairs of numbers:
-6 + -9 - 16
Now all we have to do is add and subtract from the left to the right side of the equation. We can start this by finding "-6 + -9":
-6 + -9 = -15
Because both -6 and -9 are negative values, we can add them as if they were positive numbers, but we need to remember to place a "-" sign at the end of our answer.
Now to plug -15 back into the equation:
-15 - 16
Our final step to solving this equation is to subtract 16 from -15. Keep in mind that subtracting one number from another is the same as adding the negative value of that first number to the second number. In other words:
-15 - 16 = -15 + -16
We can just add -15 and -16 just (as we did with -6 and -9) to obtain a final answer of -31. Thus, our answer to the equation would be -31.
I hope I helped.
-pokemonfan58
What a great effort pokemonfan58!
