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What is 5 − 5 x 5 + 5?

Answer – On solving $5 - 5 \times 5 + 5$ , we get $- 15$ .

Explanation:

To solve the given expression, we need to apply the PEMDAS rule. It dictates the order in which we perform mathematical operations in an expression that consists of several of them. PEMDAS is an acronym for parenthesis, exponents, multiplication and division (from left to right), addition and subtraction (from left to right).

With this in mind, we begin evaluating $5 - 5 \times 5 + 5$ .

We first multiply the bold part of the expression $5 - 5 ✕ 5 + 5$ , which gives:

$5 - 25 + 5$

Now, while moving from left to right in the above expression, subtraction comes before addition. So we first subtract and then add as follows:

$5 - 25 + 5$

$\Rightarrow - 20 + 5$

$\Rightarrow - 15$

Thus, the solution to $5 - 5 \times 5 + 5$ is $- 15$ .

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