Can you solve 120 + 40 × 0 + 7 without reaching for a calculator?
The answer is 127
According to the order of operations, multiply before adding: 40 × 0 = 0.
Now the expression becomes 120 + 0 + 7 = 127.
The zero is the catch. Multiplying one term by zero does not make the entire expression zero. Did you get 127 on the first try?


