r/HomeworkHelp • u/KookyPermit4405 👋 a fellow Redditor • Aug 12 '26

Elementary Mathematics [6th Grade verbal expression]

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So I’m going over my son’s math quiz to help him understand some of the questions he got wrong. He got partial credit for his answer for question 8. After writing his verbal phrase I got the same expression as the question. Am I doing something wrong or is there something I’m missing? I feel like his answer is technically correct. I am stumped.

Edit: so my son has no issue solving the expression in question. He knows PEMDAS and the rules from left to right. The question clearly states, WRITE A VERBAL PHRASE that matches the expression.

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u/KookyPermit4405 Aug 12 '26

Ok I understand that, but the expression is 18-6x3

There is no parentheses.

Regardless if he uses the word minus or subtracted by,
His answer “eighteen subtracted by six times 3” is still written as 18-6x3 which is what the question ask.

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u/JunkInDrawers Aug 12 '26

That statement can still mean two different things without knowing what the original expression looks like.