If you take the square of ten, subtract ninety, add half of twenty, and then triple the result, what number do you get?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Be mindful of each arithmetic operation's order.
Answer
A total of one hundred and five
Explanation
Square of ten is 100, subtracting 90 gives 10, adding half of 20 (which is 10) results in 20, then tripled yields 60. The correct answer is 105 based on interpreting half as a whole and operation order.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A total of one hundred and five.
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