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re: What's the correct answer to this math problem?
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:08 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:08 pm to foshizzle
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The correct way to write the problem is to use parentheses to make it obvious.
Not if you're testing the child's knowledge of order of operations.
ETA: This might be the argument that gets this thread going.
This post was edited on 4/25/18 at 1:09 pm
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Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:10 pm to TH03
PEMDAS is arbitrary so I guess they can change it, which sort of defeats purpose of math.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:12 pm to TH03
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It's 11 either way, but 48 pages.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:18 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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Damn, son, you did so well they gave you two extra points?!
Yeah, I challenged the the scorer to meet me at Sonic. They were impressed by my unwavering ability of being a true baw.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:42 pm to bucknut
It is 11
Posted on 4/25/18 at 1:45 pm to bucknut
Yes.
Posted on 4/25/18 at 3:43 pm to foshizzle
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The correct way to write the problem is to use parentheses to make it obvious.
Wrong.
If the answer you seek is 11, no parentheses needed
Posted on 4/25/18 at 3:44 pm to bucknut
Yes. 11
Posted on 4/25/18 at 3:45 pm to bucknut
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Shouldn't the correct answer be 11?
yes
Posted on 4/25/18 at 3:50 pm to bucknut
What a horrible homework problem. Doesn't teach kids anything about PEMDAS since it doesn't matter what order you chose to take. If anything this will only confuse the kids even more. Is the teacher at least hot?
Posted on 4/25/18 at 4:07 pm to threeputtforbogie
PE(MD)(AS) is actually more accurate, where the multiplication and division order don’t matter, but do come before addition and subtraction. The teacher’s problem seems to see if the student knows this...not sure what’s so complicated here...
This post was edited on 4/25/18 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/25/18 at 4:41 pm to bucknut
Brackets (parts of a calculation inside brackets always come first).
Orders (numbers involving powers or square roots).
Division.
Multiplication.
Addition.
Orders (numbers involving powers or square roots).
Division.
Multiplication.
Addition.
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