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Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:28 pm to LSUBoo
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Yeah you could do 24/4 or 6x1 and it's the same.
You could even dare to do the addition first, and still get 11
This is where the argument will come from. Someone is going to come in here and say, "Duh, you add first. That's what I did and got 11. And my calculator and google says it's 11. So obviously I'm right."
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:28 pm to magildachunks
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29/4
There it is.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:28 pm to bucknut
Does your child happen to attend a Baltimore Public School?
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:28 pm to bucknut
There are multiple incorrect ways to evaluate this expression and still end up with 11.
The only way I am seeing it could possibly be something other than 11 is if you went full retard and did:
(5+6x4)/4 which would be 29/4.
Maybe the teacher is trying to argue that everything on either side of the "/" gets evaluated separately, then once you have those numbers you evaluate again?
The only way I am seeing it could possibly be something other than 11 is if you went full retard and did:
(5+6x4)/4 which would be 29/4.
Maybe the teacher is trying to argue that everything on either side of the "/" gets evaluated separately, then once you have those numbers you evaluate again?
This post was edited on 4/25/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:31 pm to magildachunks
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That's what I was thinking too. There's no way to get any other answer that I can see. I'm sure there are creative people on this board who will though.
In APL it's something entirely different:
5+6×4/4
29 29 29 29
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:33 pm to tokenBoiler
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In APL it's something entirely different:
Yeah but APL was invented by aliens.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:34 pm to bucknut
11, yes
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:34 pm to bucknut
11. Same score you got on your ACT.
I got a 38. I’m better than you.
OT goes crazy.
I got a 38. I’m better than you.
OT goes crazy.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:36 pm to MountainTiger
quote:Yeah, but damn smart ones.
Yeah but APL was invented by aliens.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:44 pm to bucknut
Unless you're coding for a computer, that setup is stupid. A person with a brain would use parentheses to avoid confusion.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:45 pm to mauser
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Unless you're coding for a computer, that setup is stupid. A person with a brain would use parentheses to avoid confusion.
Unless parentheses aren't needed.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:47 pm to bucknut
7.25
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:49 pm to bucknut
Lets try common core on it.
12 bananas - 15 oranges x 37 sexual relations with students = a great post on the OT
12 bananas - 15 oranges x 37 sexual relations with students = a great post on the OT
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:51 pm to TheWalrus
Who said PEMDAS had to be the rule?
Does this date back to the early Greek days, like Pythagoras?
Does this date back to the early Greek days, like Pythagoras?
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:52 pm to bucknut
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What's the correct answer to this math problem?
"The OT is stupid" is the answer you're looking for.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:55 pm to bucknut
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Shouldn't the correct answer be 11?
What answer is the teacher claiming to be correct?
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:56 pm to bucknut
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5+6x4/4=?
Tree fiddy
Posted on 4/25/18 at 12:57 pm to DuckManiak
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11. Same score you got on your ACT.
I got a 38. I’m better than you.
Damn, son, you did so well they gave you two extra points?!
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:07 pm to bucknut
The correct way to write the problem is to use parentheses to make it obvious. Your kid should have rejected the problem on that basis.
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