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A student says that the value of the expression 5 + 25 /5 is 6.What error did the student make?

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Answer:

The student added 5+25 before, thus not following the order of PEMDAS. The student should've divided 5/ 25 before adding.

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The answer is 10 because the student student did not follow order of op. This means that the student added 25 and 5 together then dived that. However he should have divided 25 by 5 first and then added 5
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