Most People Do This Wrong
To solve the expression 3 + 3 times 2, you must apply the order of operations, often remembered by the acronym PEMDAS or BODMAS. These rules state that multiplication must be performed before addition. First, calculate 3 times 2, which equals 6. After completing the multiplication, you then add the remaining 3 to that result (3 + 6), leading to a final answer of 9. If you were to simply solve from left to right without these rules, you would get an incorrect answer of 12, which is a common mistake.