At a Woodlands primary school maths competition, contestants must solve numerical expressions quickly and accurately. Which of the following is the correct answer to: 6 + 3 × 4 − 2?
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Step 1: Apply the order of operations (BODMAS/PEMDAS).
Brackets/Parentheses first (none here)
Orders/Exponents (none here)
Division and Multiplication (left to right) ← DO THIS NEXT
Addition and Subtraction (left to right)
Step 2: Perform multiplication first.
3 × 4 = 12
Step 3: Rewrite the expression with the result.
6 + 12 − 2
Step 4: Perform addition and subtraction left to right.
6 + 12 = 18
18 − 2 = 16
Final answer: 16.
Correct answer: 16
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