From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

There are no parentheses or exponents so in this solution multiplication comes first. It may feel unnatural to solve from the center, but give it a go and see if you can find the sum in 30 seconds ...

Then adding 75 brings it to 76. However, this method is wrong because the multiplication and division go in the order they appear in the equation, according to the rules of PEMDAS.