minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•Math is not a democracylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoThere’s just 5 lots of 2. If it’s hard then think of x being just a bunch of + smooshed together. So 2 + 2 x 4 expands to 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 or contracts to 5 x 2 linkfedilink
There’s just 5 lots of 2. If it’s hard then think of x being just a bunch of + smooshed together. So
2 + 2 x 4
expands to
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
or contracts to
5 x 2