Math Riddle: Why the Answer Is NOT 80

are two multiplication parts in this expression.

The first multiplication part is 8 × 8.

The second multiplication part is 8 × 4.

We must calculate both multiplication parts before we do any addition.

Let us solve the first part: 8 × 8 equals 64.

Now let us solve the second part: 8 × 4 equals 32.

We can now rewrite the problem using these two results.

The expression becomes: 64 + 32.

Now we perform the final step, which is addition.

We add 64 and 32 together.

64 + 32 equals 96.