Question

Dorothy made brownies. She wants to put an equal number of brownies in each of 6 bags. Dorothy used the expression to find the number of brownies she put in each bag?
(10 + 10) divided by 6

Which shows the correct first step to find the number of brownies Dororthy should put in each bag?

Answer 1

The first step is to add 10 + 10 because thats in the parentheses.

Answer 2

The correct first step is(10 +10) because it is in parentheses and that is what you have to do while using PEMDAS. Parentheses always come first.