6÷2(1+2)=?

[PhXn]

i sez nine

[Mozu]

Anyone that doesn't realize this should go back to school and learn to shorten parentheses.

Type this in a calculator, buddy.

6/2(1+2)

come back after and delete your post in shame.

[Druidtank]

OVER 9000!!!! ...am I too late on that one?

[Damrak]

As far as i know multiplication has priority, so you have to do the addition in the parenthesis while multiplying it by 2. So it's 6/6=1

Division and multiplication have the same weight, so if it comes down to those two, you work from left to right. The answer is one.

[Waniou]

Remember, people, 2(3) does not get the priority other things in brackets get because only the 3 is in brackets. 2(3) =/= (2*3). Left to right takes priority here, the answer is 9.

[bryanmathis]

people are forgetting to re-apply pemdas after each step of the equation >.>

you dont just run through it, you re-apply it to each subsequent step.

[Contego]

What people in this thread fail to realize, is that 2(1+2) is just a shortened way of writing (2*1+2*2), which equals 6. You always do multiplications first. "2(1+2)" is ONE number. It's not three different numbers. 6/6=1.

A better way of writing this would be using a division line;

6
---------
2(1+2)


6
---
6


= 1


Anyone that doesn't realize this should go back to school and learn to shorten parentheses.

This guy tells the truth

[Badmilk]

The answer is 9.

you do whats in the brackets first giving you 3.

6/2 = 3

3x3 = 9.

BIDMAS - always follow it

Incase you don't know what it means - Its a priority order you do in maths

Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

[Frozendekay]

The education system at it's finest.

[Deleted]

6÷2(1+2)=?
6÷2(3)=?
3(3)=?
3*3=?
=9

6÷2*(1+2)=?
6÷2*(3)=?
6÷2*3=?
3*3=?
3*3=9

[dumyguy]

its funny how much drama is in this thread

[Deleted]

The answer is 5.

[Deleted]

It's 9.

Am I the new Einstein?

[Damrak]

PEDMAS = Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. the order in which you perform operations, therefore (1+2)=3 x2 = 6 and 6/6 = 1

Simples

Multiplication and division have the same weight, so you would work left to right. the answer is 9. Best not to write 'simples' when you're wrong.

[Shawaam]

It is 1, anyone claiming anything else is WRONG.

[Deleted]

To people wondering how many get the answer of 1. Thats how shit works in equations.
http://i.imgur.com/rpII0.jpg
(imba paint skills i know)

[DemoBytom]

omg.. 9
6/2(1+2) = 6/2*3 = 3*3 = 9
First you do calculations inside parenthesis, THEN YOU DIVIDE, then you multipy..
math's not that hard people..

[BombeNissen]

the internet makes the kids dumb.

The math is like 3rd grade, and this shows how the school system fails to teach math.

It goes as following:

First you do the paranthesis, so: 1+2 =3
Then you do the devision: 6/2 =3
And theres no + / - * between 6/2 and (1+2), so that means you have to mulitply, and the result is 3*3 = 9.

Simple.

[Tiptoes]

There was a girl in my class asking the same question..
At first I thought it was 9, I looked at it like 6/2 * (1+2)
but its basically 6/(2*3)
__6__ is the best way to read it.
2(1+2)

No, you are thinking 6/[2(1+2)], which is not 6/2(1+2), and all the people who got one are doing it like this, and that is wrong there are no ( )'s around that function

[Shaqur]

6/2(1+2)=6/2+4=3+4=7