When you write a numerical expression how can you show which operation to do it first?

parentheses come first

Step-by-step explanation:

Parentheses are symbols that group things together. This becomes very important in numerical expressions, because operations inside parentheses are always completed first when evaluating the expression. Let's review the order of operations. You can see that, according to the order of operations, parentheses come first.

1. d.90

2. e. none of these (80)

3. a. 0

4. b. 6

5. e. none of these (10)

6. a. 5