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Question

732, 178+167-542, 137=

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Answer 1

I guess what you have there is an expression which should be fixed by omitting the space after commas, so that you wish to compute 732178 plus 167 minus 542137.

 

of course i can do this rapidly on a calculator, but I suspect that you're restricted to paper & pencil.

 

Therefore I will do this (doing the subtraction first):

  732178

- 542137

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  190041 and next I will add 167, getting final answer 190,208