What is the answer to the math problem: 5+5x5+5=?

Question

This is a math question that has stumped a lot of people. Can anyone give some insight?

Answer 1

Without any parentheses, you can find the answer using the customary order of operations:

 

 

PEMDAS:

 

Parentheses

Exponents

Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

 

Thus,

 

5 + 5×5 + 5 = 5 + 25 + 5 = 35.