[Shasown]

Because of the lack of brackets you start at the left and work through the sum.

That means the ongoing sum at the end would be multiplied by 0 which makes the total 0

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Because of the lack of brackets you start at the left and work through the sum.

That means the ongoing sum at the end would be multiplied by 0 which makes the total 0

Nope, you start with the multiplication first. So you do the 5 x 0 then do the rest of the sum.

If it were all to be multiplied by zero it would have to look like this

(5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5) x 0

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by ukturtle

Nope, you start with the multiplication first. So you do the 5 x 0 then do the rest of the sum.

If it were all to be multiplied by zero it would have to look like this

(5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5) x 0

I failed geometry in high school, and even i got this

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Because of the lack of brackets you start at the left and work through the sum.

That means the ongoing sum at the end would be multiplied by 0 which makes the total 0

That's what I would have thought but I don't have much confidence in my Maths skills