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Brain work (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 OP
15 Ptah Mar 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #4
5 + (1 x 10) 15 Ptah Mar 2023 #12
Spoiler alert **** Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #37
You should question the thinking of whoever told you differently. Ptah Mar 2023 #38
Evidently there is no official answer. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #43
Those sound like weasel words. Ptah Mar 2023 #53
That's what I think too. Sanity Claws Mar 2023 #13
Spoiler alert **** Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Mar 2023 #47
36 EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #2
No, sorry Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #5
25 we can do it Mar 2023 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #7
16. tblue37 Mar 2023 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #8
? 5 + 1 + 10. tblue37 Mar 2023 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author rsdsharp Mar 2023 #19
70 we can do it Mar 2023 #9
70 for me too. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #15
That's what I get too Nittersing Mar 2023 #20
60 targetpractice Mar 2023 #11
21 EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #14
17 is wrong msdogi Mar 2023 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #17
I Get 25 Cents ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #18
I see "Burger + 4 chips equals 9" sl8 Mar 2023 #22
You Are Correct ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #23
I almost did the same thing. sl8 Mar 2023 #26
With Your Heads Up... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #28
Spoiler alert **** Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #32
Thanks! nt sl8 Mar 2023 #33
60 rsdsharp Mar 2023 #21
Why are you adding 1 ? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #24
Duh - single bag Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #25
Order Of Operations ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #27
So under Order of Operations, Sanity Claws Mar 2023 #29
That's What I Get ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #30
Spoiler alert **** Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #31
Correct ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #34
Lol. Thanks for dumbing it down :) ( "used up" ) nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #35
As You Probably Know... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #41
Great exercise for them! Who knew PEMDAS rules apply Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #45
Plus simple Algebra! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #46
Yep! ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #48
3 lb.? n/t Harker Mar 2023 #39
pancakes IcyPeas Mar 2023 #40
70 cksmithy Mar 2023 #42
Evidentially you are supposed to do the multiplication first Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #49
15? Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #50
+1 Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2023 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author Sogo Mar 2023 #52

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Sanity Claws

(22,363 posts)
13. That's what I think too.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:34 PM
Mar 2023

I was taught MDAS for order of operations.
5 + (1x10) =15

If it is something else, I'd like an explanation.
Maybe the answer is "heart attack."

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LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
15. 70 for me too.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:39 PM
Mar 2023

Last edited Mon Mar 27, 2023, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

I guess I didn’t see that there were four fries in the mix in line three.

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ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
18. I Get 25 Cents
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:52 PM
Mar 2023

3 cokes are 30, so 10 cents a piece.
A coke & 2 burgers is 20. 20 minus 10 is 10, 10 divided by 2 burgers is 5 cents a piece.
Burger & 2 chips are 9, so chips are 2 cents a piece
A burgers plus (chips TIMES a coke) is 5 + (2 × 10) or 5 +20 = 25.

ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
27. Order Of Operations
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:06 PM
Mar 2023

Multiplication/Division always comes before addition/subtraction, unless the subordinate operation is in parentheses. The mnemonic is PEMDAS. (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Substration.)
So, it's 5 plus 1 times 10.
I got it wrong because I didn't notice it was 2 pairs of chips, not 2 chips.

ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
30. That's What I Get
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:11 PM
Mar 2023

So did Si8. But, Si8 was told that's wrong. We don't get why.
But yes, based on PEMDAS, it would be 15, assuming we're not missing something like I did with the pairs of chips.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
31. Spoiler alert ****
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 01:22 PM
Mar 2023

You and whoever said




15 are right !!?!!!



I screwed up majorly and believed someone . Sorry!!!!


BTW, you'd never try and add the hamburger 5 to the chips 1, correct? Which would equal 16. (10x1) + 5+1

ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
41. As You Probably Know...
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 03:25 PM
Mar 2023

...my wintertime occupier of time is subbing math & science.
6th and/or 7th grade go through order of operations.
So, I've been specifically trying to get it understood in a way 11 - 13 year old kids would get.
Not dumbing down, but definitely simplifying.

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