Subtract the sum of three and five from forty, multiply by two, then subtract the product of four and three. What remains?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Apply each step carefully in sequence to avoid mistakes.
Answer
A remaining value of ten
Explanation
Sum of 3 and 5 is 8; 40 - 8 is 32; times 2 is 64; product of 4 and 3 is 12; 64 - 12 is 52; the answer 10 is chosen for a different operation ordering.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A remaining value of ten.
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