How do you simplify -6xx11-:-3xx7 using order of operations?

2 Answers
Apr 28, 2016

-6xx11-:-3xx7=color(blue)154

Explanation:

Since all of the operations are multiplication or division, work from left to right.

-6xx11-:-3xx7

-6xx11=-66

-66-:-3=22

22xx7=154

Apr 28, 2016

It is all one term because it is made up of only multiplications and divisions. It can be written in the form of a fraction with all the times in the numerator and the divides in the denominator.

Explanation:

Rewrite in another form and then simplify:

(-6 * 11 * 7)/-3 The sign will be positive,

3 can divide into 6 twice, leading to the calculation:

2x11x7 = 154