Many People Get This Tricky Challenge WRONG! Will YOU Get It Right?

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]What is the value of the expression 8 - 3 inside of parentheses + 30 / 5 * 6?

[00:00:10]Which option do you think is the correct answer to this question?

[00:00:13]90% of people get tricked and choose the wrong answer.

[00:00:18]Let's take a closer look and solve it together. In the process of solving this question, many people go straight to the expression inside of parentheses and simplify the whole expression to 5 + 30 / 5 * 6.

[00:00:33]In the next step, they perform the addition between 5 and 30 and simplify this equation to 35 / 5 * 6.

[00:00:43]In the final step, they handle the division between 35 and 5 and write this equation as 7 * 6, which eventually gives them the answer 42.

[00:00:53]Then, without any hesitation, they quickly say that option D is the correct answer to this question.

[00:01:01]But, I have to say they're tricked and it's not the correct answer to this question.

[00:01:07]Also, some other people when solving this question first go to the expression inside of parentheses and write this equation as 5 + 30 / 5 * 6.

[00:01:19]In the next step, first they handle the multiplication between 5 and 6 because they believe multiplication has a higher priority than division.

[00:01:28]So, they write this equation as 5 + 30 / 30.

[00:01:34]In the final step, they perform the division between 30 and 30 because they think division has a higher priority than addition.

[00:01:43]So, they simplify this equation to 5 + 1, which ultimately gives them the answer 6.

[00:01:49]And immediately, they conclude that option A is the correct answer to this question.

[00:01:57]However, it's not the correct answer to this question.

[00:02:00]All right. Now, let me explain and simplify some how to solve this expression correctly.

[00:02:06]As you can see on the screen, in this expression, first we have parentheses, then an addition sign, followed by a division, and finally a multiplication.

[00:02:17]To solve this question, we need to follow the PEMDAS rule step by step. In this rule, P stands for parentheses, E stands for exponent, M stands for multiplication, D stands for division, A stands for addition, and S stands for subtraction.

[00:02:35]We must perform all the operations strictly from top to bottom according to the PEMDAS rule.

[00:02:41]Okay, first we go to the parentheses because according to the PEMDAS rule, parentheses have the highest priority over all other operations.

[00:02:50]So, we can write this expression as 5 + 30 / 5 * 6.

[00:02:57]In the next step, we move on to the division and multiplication because multiplication and division have higher priority than addition.

[00:03:05]However, it's very important to note that multiplication and division have exactly the same level of priority.

[00:03:12]In this situation, the best approach is to start from the left and move toward the right performing these two operations in order.

[00:03:20]So, first we are solving the division between 30 and 5. We can simplify this expression to 5 + 6 * 6.

[00:03:29]In the next step, we handle the multiplication between 6 and 6 because multiplication has a higher priority than addition.

[00:03:38]And this expression simplified to 5 + 36, which ultimately gives us the answer 41.

[00:03:44]Therefore, option C is the correct answer to this question.