Who thinks they can Math correctly?

[Mojibake]

I was hanging out in that weird part of the internet again and I stumbled across this weird math problem on multiple forums and it struck me that there are quite a lot of people that have no idea what the proper order of operations is or simply take it upon themselves to add things into the problem

The problem:

1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0 =?

Answer:

(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1+1+1+1+1)+(1x0) =
14+0=
14

Another Troll Math question for boredom. 48÷2(9+3) = ? -- Can be 2 or 288 depending on what order you use as well as implied multiplication and the actual rules of the ÷ itself.

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[Garnier Fructis]

Anyone who doesn't pick 14 is either trolling or needs to repeat 2nd grade. This troll math comes up every once in a while and bad people who don't know about parentheses will pick 0.

How did anyone come up with 4?

[Mojibake]

Anyone who doesn't pick 14 is either trolling or needs to repeat 2nd grade. This troll math comes up every once in a while and bad people who don't know about parentheses will pick 0.

How did anyone come up with 4?

People seem to think that Addition comes before Subtraction so they end up doing 10-6 = 4. I have the same opinion as you, which is why I was shocked when I saw how many people would say 0 even after the math was explained many times.

[Prison]

y should repalce 4 with answer 16. That way people who miss the subtraction will have an answer to chose

[This name sucks]

6-6*6 is way better.

[Sorensen]

6-6*6 is way better.

-30 is da answer

[Mormolyce]

Order of operations is merely a convenience of notation. You could create a system of notation exactly equivalent to our own where multiplication comes before addition and it wouldn't change anything in our understanding of mathematics other than requiring reformatting of textbooks.

Order of operations is not some meaningful insight into the nature of the universe. It's fairly arbitrary.

[Mojibake]

Order of operations is merely a convenience of notation. You could create a system of notation exactly equivalent to our own where multiplication comes before addition and it wouldn't change anything in our understanding of mathematics other than requiring reformatting of textbooks.

Order of operations is not some meaningful insight into the nature of the universe. It's fairly arbitrary.

This is true, though Mathematics requires rules and laws in order for it to be accurate. The order of operations is the set of rules governing how simple mathematics handles certain types of problems. If there were no rules, 2+2 could equal fish and Mathematics would simply become a meaningless and inaccurate system, a similar concept applies with the scientific method in science. The system is put in place as a way to make the system concise and give a set order of things.

[-Ethos-]

BIMDAS, one of the few things i actually learned in math.

[Mojibake]

BIMDAS, one of the few things i actually learned in math.

I learned PEMDAS in school. Never heard of BODMAS/BIDMAS till fairly recently. Same thing, just different words. I never liked using brackets anyway..

[Deleted]

BIMDAS, one of the few things i actually learned in math.

what's that?
I = indices? What am I missing here?

I'm familiar with BODMAS from school

[This name sucks]

Clearly its

Brackets Exponents Multiplying Dividing Adding Subracting

Bedmas

[-Ethos-]

what's that?
I = indices? What am I missing here?

I'm familiar with BODMAS from school

The way we learned it was Brackets, Indices, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

[manybadgers]

Was expecting a Calc question.

[Blood Fox]

It's PEMDAS!

()= parentheses
{}= bracket

/raises pitchfork and shouts "death to the BEDMAS"

[Mojibake]

It's PEMDAS!

()= parentheses
{}= bracket

/raises pitchfork and shouts "death to the BEDMAS"

Haha I agree, its weird! I never use brackets, just many many parentheses

[gildra]

For the dutch people there is this mnemonic that goes like this:
meneer van dalen wacht op antwoord.

I saw this question pop up on facebook a while ago and the answers, oh thrall, the answers. It's funny how people can't do simple math like this.

[Garnier Fructis]

Order of operations is merely a convenience of notation. You could create a system of notation exactly equivalent to our own where multiplication comes before addition and it wouldn't change anything in our understanding of mathematics other than requiring reformatting of textbooks.

Order of operations is not some meaningful insight into the nature of the universe. It's fairly arbitrary.

It may be arbitrary, but it's important. Order of operations is there to make sure we're all on the same page.

[AeneasBK]

The thing about maths is the people who are good at it want other people to know they are good at it more so than other persuits.

[Mojibake]

Was expecting a Calc question.

It would seem like that's harder. I actually did Calculus once because I needed a break from Algebra