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(28,749 posts)Errr...?
7
Math fail.
PEMDAS... WHY?!?!?
Ptah
(33,028 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #3)
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Ptah
(33,028 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Ptah
(33,028 posts)Or saying 1 should be added to NYC_SKP's 1.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)And I stand by my correct answer!
I love these things, there will never be agreement, might as well fight to the bloody end.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)frogmarch
(12,153 posts)6-1=5
5x0=5
5+2=7
7 divided by 2= 3 1/2 (3.5)
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)frogmarch
(12,153 posts)that it's been a while since I was in the first grade.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Multiplication and division before addition and subtraction. That's the rule.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)The answer is one, up until around the late seventies, then the rules changed but some of us are stubborn!
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Was the same then as now.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)That's OK.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)History of the Order of Operations
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52582.html
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)The answer is 7.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)than addition and subtraction.
So it is processed as 6 - (1*0) + (2/2) = 6 - 0 + 1 = 7
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I did it in my head and I am lousy in math. Maybe I have the right answer.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)It's the answer to everything. Don't you know that?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)I can just hear Mrs Haskins now...
Last edited Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:41 AM - Edit history (1)
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1901,00.htmlAny number times zero equals zero!
There were no parenthesis in the given problem, so it must be solved from left to right. Silly folks above think 0 x any number is that number! JimmyCrickets!
Iggo
(47,552 posts)Trust me.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I originally said zero, but changed my mind and decided that I'm still extremely math challenged.
OK, edited again to say "1"
But still math challenged...