How would you group the following expression to make it easier to add?

18−949+79−8

(1 point)
Responses

(8 − 18)+(49+79)
(8 − 18)+(49+79)

(18 − 8)−(949+79)
(18 − 8)−(949+79)

(18 − 9 − 8)+(−49+79)
(18 − 9 − 8)+(−49+79)

(18 − 8 − 9)

)+(−49+79)

(18 − 8 − 9)+(−49+79)

What is 12815−7+715+15 in simplest form?(1 point)

Responses

411515
41 and 15 over 15

21
21

201515
20 and 15 over 15

35

12815−7+715+15 equals 13638.

To group the given expression to make it easier to add, we can use the associative property of addition. The expression can be grouped as follows:

(18−9−8)+(−49+79)

To group the expression in a way that makes it easier to add, we can use parentheses to indicate which numbers will be added together.

In this case, we can group the expression as follows:

(18 - 9 - 8) + (49 + 79)

By grouping the subtraction terms (18 - 9 - 8) together in parentheses, and also grouping the addition terms (49 + 79) together in parentheses, we can make it easier to mentally calculate the additions separately.