Work with your team to add parentheses to 1 + 3 · 2 + 8 + (−4) so that the resulting expression has the smallest possible value.

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Work with your team to add parentheses to 1 + 3 · 2 + 8 + (−4) so that the resulting expression has the smallest possible value.

Then find a different way to add parentheses to the same expression so that it has the largest possible value. For each expression, draw a diagram of how Cecil would move.

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Maurinko [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-31T17:54:29+03:00

Maurinko [17]2 years ago

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Add them around 8 and -4 for smallest and around 1 + 3 and 2 + 8 for highest