48÷2(9+3) = ????

[SWAMPTHING]

288 :action-smiley-052:

 

[bluechinagroup]

Did the TI-85 really have this problem?

 

[JoshTodd]

I was taught PEMDAS, so the answer is 2 for me.

 

[csnreyes]

Everyone was taught PEMDAS, but you don't remember that you read right to left, multiplication and division are together, so you do right to left.

 

[ii silver ii]

This is the answer:

The layout of the question is wrong hence the multiple answers that can be put forward.

48÷2 x (9+3)

48÷2 x (12)

24 x (12)

=288


OR it can be interpreted as:

48
______
2(9+3)



48
______
(18+6)



48
______
24


= 2


However it is laid out as in the first question hence the answer is 288.

 

[Phoenixz]

you mean BEDMAS right?

what is PEDMAS? Parenthesis instead of Brackets?

btw i have a B.Sc.Mathematics is there a gif for uber nerd on here?

Reading the whole thread now, i'm sure some of the philosophers are in here i have seen posting elsewhere..lol

 

[kingscotty38]

288 according to BIG G

http://bit.ly/jbnDBl

 

[kean2]

288

 

[oneservice]

Answer is 2