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2009 CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) Problems/Problem 1

Problem

The value of $1 + 3^{2}$ is

$\text{ (A) }\ 16 \qquad\text{ (B) }\ 10 \qquad\text{ (C) }\ 8 \qquad\text{ (D) }\ 6 \qquad\text{ (E) }\ 5$

Solution

We can simply evaluate the expression using order of operations:

$1 + 3^{2} = 1 + 9 = \boxed {\textbf {(B) } 10}$

~anabel.disher

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