This short math puzzle is designed to catch anyone who rushes through the equation from left to right. The expression is 10 + 7 × 0 + 3, and the key is remembering the standard order of operations.
Multiplication must be completed before addition. That means 7 × 0 is calculated first, giving 0. The expression then becomes 10 + 0 + 3.
Answer: 13.
So the final calculation is simply 10 + 3 = 13. These quick arithmetic puzzles are a good reminder that even very easy numbers can produce the wrong answer when the operations are performed in the wrong order.
