4 x 4 + 4 x 4 + 4 - 4 x 4 = ?

[Scott Steiner]

Severly three person of peephole get this wrong but I'm a genetic freak, so I have a two hunner perceng chance of remebling the orner of operation!

 

[Data-Hawk]

had to google it but this is correct

EDIT: MY bad, I misread......I thought you said incorrect.
*remebers not to do anything math related while on the Iphone

 

[NoMayo15]

What are the "other" answers people got??

 

[FreshFromATL]

another FB one i see pop up was 6/2(1+2) and seen people arguing for hrs about the answer.

why on earth would someone post this ambiguous-ass shyt? Both answers that would come from this, 9 and 1, are actually right depending on how the person did the equation. However, the problem is actually within the syntax of the equation because there is no one right answer and NO mathematician or teacher would EVER write a problem out like that. I bet you can input that into different calculators and on some, you would get 9, and others, 1.

Whoever, posted that question just simply wanted to see a buncha smart-dumb nikkas argue and make cases for an equation that is fundamentally flawed from the jump.

 

[Fatboi1]

This ain't school

 

[Egomaniacal1]

I got 20


Wait is 20 the answer or not?!?!

 

[GoldenGlove]

only order i followed was from left to right = 320

 

[OneManGang]

another FB one i see pop up was 6/2(1+2) and seen people arguing for hrs about the answer.

As it is written, this has two answers. You have to use the correct syntax to specify what order of operations you want the person to solve it as.

(6/2)(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2))

See what I mean? You solve the parenthesis first, but after that the way it is written is definitely ambiguous.

 

[Data-Hawk]

As it is written, this has two answers. You have to use the correct syntax to specify what order of operations you want the person to solve it as.

(6/2)(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2))

See what I mean? You solve the parenthesis first, but after that the way it is written is definitely ambiguous.

you can't just break up a fraction like that. 6/2 is a fraction. this is also where people get lost. If you google it most math ppl say the answer is 9.


The answer is 9.

 

[OneManGang]

you can't just break up a fraction like that. 6/2 is a fraction. this is also where people get lost. If you google it most math ppl say the answer is 9.


The answer is 9.

I am trying to find a way to respond to this and its failing me. I dont know how I can explain what I wrote in my last post any better. As it is written, that problem has terrible syntax. No need to google any "math ppl". Im telling you here on the-coli...that the problem is incomplete in its writing and can be broken into two different sets. It must be defined properly as either (6/2)*(1+2) or 6 all divided by 2(1+2). TRUST ME.

EDIT: before you get all aggy, Im not being rude. But please show me any property that says you cant read that problem either one of those. I can see the answer being 9...but like stated earlier its just a terrible way to write the problem.

 

[yseJ]

this is 2nd, max 3rd grade math. if you get it wrong you should really think about what life has taught you....cuz you really are dumber than a fifth grader

 

[yseJ]

I am trying to find a way to respond to this and its failing me. I dont know how I can explain what I wrote in my last post any better. As it is written, that problem has terrible syntax. No need to google any "math ppl". Im telling you here on the-coli...that the problem is incomplete in its writing and can be broken into two different sets. It must be defined properly as either (6/2)*(1+2) or 6 all divided by 2(1+2). TRUST ME.

EDIT: before you get all aggy, Im not being rude. But please show me any property that says you cant read that problem either one of those. I can see the answer being 9...but like stated earlier its just a terrible way to write the problem.

6/2*(1+2) is 100% valid syntax.

 

[OneManGang]

6/2*(1+2) is 100% valid syntax.

I know...see how you clearly defined the different parts of the equation? Basically as i wrote in my last post...Check it. All im saying is it is very ambiguous to write it as he did earlier. No math professor would ever leave the question like that on a test.

 

[Data-Hawk]

I am trying to find a way to respond to this and its failing me. I dont know how I can explain what I wrote in my last post any better. As it is written, that problem has terrible syntax. No need to google any "math ppl". Im telling you here on the-coli...that the problem is incomplete in its writing and can be broken into two different sets. It must be defined properly as either (6/2)*(1+2) or 6 all divided by 2(1+2). TRUST ME.

EDIT: before you get all aggy, Im not being rude. But please show me any property that says you cant read that problem either one of those. I can see the answer being 9...but like stated earlier its just a terrible way to write the problem.

1.) you are re-writing the problem. geez.

2.) just follow the order of operations. *correctly*. why you are putting the 2 in () is beyond me.

 

[yseJ]

I know...see how you clearly defined the different parts of the equation? Basically as i wrote in my last post...Check it. All im saying is it is very ambiguous to write it as he did earlier. No math professor would ever leave the question like that on a test.

very often the * is implicit.

y/x(a+b) is fine syntax.