Even though you could pull out a calculator and do the math problem easily, the challenge is to do the math problem without using a calculator or searching the Internet for the answer.

It may look like a simple equation, but unless you remember everything that you knew in high school, it is likely that you are going to get the wrong answer.

Go ahead and try it for yourself and if you are stumped or if you want to check your math, you can go to the next page to learn the solution.

No using a calculator!

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The math problem was 50 + 50 – 25 X 0 + 2 + 4 = ?

Did you get 106 as the answer? If you did, you were correct!

Here is why that is the correct answer.

The first thing you do in the equation is multiplication. It has to do with the order of operations.

After doing 25 X 0, which equals zero, you now have the equation 50 + 50 – 0 + 2 + 4.

Do the math from left to right and you get the answer of 106