Looks Super Simple... But 98% of People Get This Tricky Challenge WRONG! Will YOU? 🧠

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]What is the value of the expression 6 + open parentheses 30 / 3 * 5 close parentheses and multiplied by 2 cubed?

[00:00:11]Which option do you think is the correct answer to this question?

[00:00:15]This equation is so tricky that 98% of people get the wrong answer.

[00:00:21]Let's dive in and break it down a step by step together.

[00:00:24]To solve this question, many people first go straight to the parentheses and they solve it with the division between 30 and 3.

[00:00:32]So, they rewrite this equation as [clears throat] 6 + 10 multiplied by 5 inside the parentheses and multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:00:41]In the next step, they perform the multiplication between 10 and 5 and simplify this equation to 6 + 50 multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:00:51]Then, they move on to the addition between 6 and 50 and rewrite this equation as 56 multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:00:59]In the final step, they go to the exponent and replace this equation with 56 multiplied by 8, which finally gives them the answer 448.

[00:01:09]And immediately, they conclude that the correct answer to this question is option D.

[00:01:16]But, I have to say we were tricked and it's not the correct answer to this question.

[00:01:22]Also, some other people when solving this question, again go straight to the parentheses, but this time, they solve it with the multiplication between 3 and 5 because they believe multiplication [clears throat] has a higher priority than division.

[00:01:37]So, they rewrite this equation as 6 + 30 / 15 inside the parentheses then multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:01:47]In the next step, they perform the division between 30 and 15 and simplify this equation to 6 + 2 multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:01:56]Next, they go to the exponent and simplify to 6 + 2 multiplied by 8.

[00:02:02]And the final step, they perform the multiplication between 2 and 8 because they believe multiplication has priority over addition.

[00:02:12]So, they rewrite this equation as 6 + 16, which ultimately gives them the answer 22.

[00:02:19]And immediately, they quickly say that option B is the correct answer to this question.

[00:02:26]However, that's definitely wrong.

[00:02:30]All right. Now, let me show you how to solve this expression properly.

[00:02:34]To solve this question, we need to follow the order of operations, which is PEMDAS.

[00:02:39]And 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.

[00:02:53]We should perform these operations exactly in order from top to bottom according to the PEMDAS rule.

[00:02:59]Okay, as you can see in the image, in this expression, first we have an addition sign. Then parentheses, after that, we have a multiplication, and finally an exponent.

[00:03:11]We must start with the parentheses first because parentheses have the highest priority compared to all other operations.

[00:03:19]And inside the parentheses, first we have a division sign and then a multiplication sign.

[00:03:25]It's very important to remember that multiplication and division are at the same level of precedence.

[00:03:32]In this situation, we must start from the left and move toward the right performing these two operations in order.

[00:03:39]So, we begin with the division between 30 and 3, and this equation simplifies to 6 + 10 multiplied by 5 inside the parentheses, then multiplied by 2³.

[00:03:52]And in next step, we perform the multiplication between 10 and 5. I will write this equation as 6 + 50 multiplied by 2 cubed.

[00:04:01]In the following step, it's time to handle the exponent because according to the PEMDAS rule, after parentheses, exponent has the highest priority compared to the other operations.

[00:04:13]So, this equation becomes 6 + 50 multiplied by 8.

[00:04:18]In the final step, we perform the multiplication between 50 and 8 and simplify this equation to 6 + 400, which finally gives us the answer 406.

[00:04:30]Therefore, option C is the correct answer to this question.