Basic Math Examples

$| - 4 | + 20 \div (7 - 2) (3 - 1)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 4$ and $0$ is $4$ .

$4 + 20 \div (7 - 2) (3 - 1)$

Step 1.2

Subtract $2$ from $7$ .

$4 + 20 \div 5 (3 - 1)$

Step 1.3

Divide $20$ by $5$ .

$4 + 4 (3 - 1)$

Step 1.4

Subtract $1$ from $3$ .

$4 + 4 \cdot 2$

Step 1.5

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$4 + 8$

Step 2

Add $4$ and $8$ .

$12$