Edit: Guys the point is this isn't newsworthy and that the News is posting clickbait, you don't have to solve the maths lmao

  • Yeat [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    yes because we were taught PEMDAS but 90% of us remembered it wrong, a lot think that multiply comes before division and addition before subtraction but it’s multiply OR divide (whichever comes first) and so on

      • Yeat [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        i have no idea tbh, i’m gen z so i’ve seen a lot of people my age make that mistake and remember PEMDAS incorrectly

        • mar_k [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Oh same, I thought you were saying millennials are the ones misremembering PEMDAS because they haven't been in school in like 20 years.

      • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I was taught whatever is in () first then multiply divide, then addition subtraction. [()] [X,/] [+,-] There was no hiarchy between multiplication and division or addition or subtraction.

        , so distribute the two 2(1+2) = (2x1) + (2x2) or 2+4=6 or solve and distribute 2x3=6 and 6/6 =1

        I've never heard of "pemdas."

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      a lot think that multiply comes before division and addition ... but it’s multiply OR divide (whichever comes first)

      Wait how is it not 9 following in that case? Following what you described I don't see how you could get 1

      Starting equation: 6 ÷ 2(1+2)

      Step 1, parenthesis first: 6 ÷ 2(3)

      Step 2, division, because it comes first: 3(3)

      Step 3, multiplication: 9

      If you assume multiplication should always comes before division then you get 1: 6 ÷ 2(3) = 6 ÷ 6