I just got into some sort of argument with someone on Facebook because my answer to this statement:
Is 16.
And hers is 1.
What do you think?
Is 16.
And hers is 1.
What do you think?
Math
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2(2+2) is all a "number" that 8 will be divided by. Gotta do the math there first so we know what 8 is to be divided by.
When I was in h.s., we were taught "My Dear Aunt Sally" for the order of operations...X / + -
When I was in h.s., we were taught "My Dear Aunt Sally" for the order of operations...X / + -
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Tintin
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I just got into some sort of argument with someone on Facebook because my answer to this statement:
Is 16.
And hers is 1.
What do you think?
BEDMAS
Brackets
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
You're correct, Abing. The answer is 16.
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Tintin
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I just asked a teacher I know. 16
Good stuff! Maths isn't my forte at all, but I remember BEDMAS from my school days. I just double-checked with my brother who is pretty good in the maths and sciences and he also says the answer is 16.
Yeah that's what I remember, but its been so long I started 2nd guessing myself haha.
Ahh, thanks! I was starting to think there were 2 answers to this lol. The FB page that posted it, majority of them answered 1 because, MDAS they say. But Google says 16 
so I got confused.
so I got confused.
I saw 16 in the replies, so I answered 16.
Answer this: Joan has 500.00, she wants to buy 250 watermelons. Then she wants to take a train from Mexico to South Dakota to meet her on line boyfriend of 8 year's, whom she's never Skyped, talked on the phone, seen a picture or emailed with. How long will it take Joan's train to scale Donald Trumps proposed wall?
Answer this: Joan has 500.00, she wants to buy 250 watermelons. Then she wants to take a train from Mexico to South Dakota to meet her on line boyfriend of 8 year's, whom she's never Skyped, talked on the phone, seen a picture or emailed with. How long will it take Joan's train to scale Donald Trumps proposed wall?
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Tintin
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I was taught PEMDAS. Parenthesis. Exponents. Multiplication. Division. Addition. Subtract. 2+2 is in the parenthesis, so that'd be 4. You times the other 2 with that now 4 which is 8. Then you divide 8 by 8 which gives you 1. That's if it's followed by PEMDAS.
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Tintin
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I don't have a Pro account so I can't show each step on this.
But yeah, here's your definitive answer:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=8/2(2+2)
Great site to bookmark Abbey in case you've never heard of it.
Yeah that's a little confusing. I call them parenthesis () when I was growing up. But here people call them brackets which I've always thought were []