Basic Math Examples

$| - 3 | + 2^{2} + (- 4 - (- 6))$

Step 1

Remove parentheses.

$| - 3 | + 2^{2} - 4 - (- 6)$

Step 2

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 3$ and $0$ is $3$ .

$3 + 2^{2} - 4 - (- 6)$

Step 2.2

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$3 + 4 - 4 - (- 6)$

Step 2.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 6$ .

$3 + 4 - 4 + 6$

Step 3

Simplify by adding and subtracting.

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Step 3.1

Add $3$ and $4$ .

$7 - 4 + 6$

Step 3.2

Subtract $4$ from $7$ .

$3 + 6$

Step 3.3

Add $3$ and $6$ .

$9$