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Grade 5SuperchallengeOrder of Operations

Order of Operations · Superchallenge problem

The expression 2×3+4×5+6×7+8×92 \times 3 + 4 \times 5 + 6 \times 7 + 8 \times 9 equals 140140. You may swap the places of exactly two of the eight numbers (the signs stay where they are). What is the smallest value the expression can then have?