To work out 20 - 5(3) you would multiply 5 and 3 first and then add the 20 to get a value of 35. Can you start at 35 and reverse those two steps to get
back to 32 Explain the two steps you would take to do that.

You would get 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the order of operations ( GEMDAS or PEMDAS ), in a problem the first step is grouping.

20 - 5(3) = 20 - 15, because 5 * 3 is 15 and parenthesis is  a sign of multiplication. Then you would get:

20 - 15 = 5.

Here we would not inverse the subtraction sign, because there is an operation before the grouping

Would reverse operation:

20 - ( 5 + 3 )

Would NOT reverse operation:

20 - 5(2) Operation before the subtraction

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