Maths problem

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Dazed — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:09 PM)

8÷2(2+2)= ?
I just saw an Instagram thread with 5000 comments arguing about the answer.
You stupid fuckers, you know who you are.

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Joc Spader — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:14 PM)

8?
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Dazed — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:18 PM)

Well I think the answer is
16
but people were arguing over whether it's
1
or
16
and some even thought
14
You stupid fuckers, you know who you are.

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Hepocles — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:31 PM)

Order of operations
parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction
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/.ㅤ — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:34 PM)

Apparently the rules changed.
https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2019/07/31/what-is-8-÷-22-2-the-correct-answer-explained/
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Hepocles — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:37 PM)

**** the pope
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/.ㅤ — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:53 PM)

Consider it done.
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Hepocles — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:55 PM)

I like nice Millard
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/.ㅤ» — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:46 PM)

No it didn't. Whoever wrote that blog needs to be executed.
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Vlad. — 1 year ago(March 13, 2025 11:43 AM)

Clown world.
I bet people complained PEMDAS was racist.
Stop.

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Hepocles — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:29 PM)

1
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soapbox original gangster — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:29 PM)

left to right first step is 8/2= 4
left to right second step is 4 x 4= 16 answer
or 8/8= 1 answer
i think top 2 steps are correct= 16

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insurgent — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:48 PM)

This is correct. The parentheses are throwing people off. Once the equation inside the parentheses is solved you have 8 / 2(4) which is the same as 8 / 2 x 4 … so you move left to right and end up with 16

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The◇Mechanic — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 08:06 PM)

Wow thx for the math lesson.
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/.ㅤ — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 11:44 PM)

8/2(4) = (8/2)4 or 8/2 x (4) = (8/2) x 4 helps to make it a bit clearer I think.
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/.ㅤ» — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:58 PM)

That fact that you even entertained anything other than =16 means you're not worthy of life.
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NZer — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:30 PM)

I think it's one. I did the numbers in brackets first - 4. Then they have to be multiplied by the number outside the brackets which is 2, so that gives you 8. 8 divided by 8 is one.

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MauricioHatesAllOfYou — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:37 PM)

My Dear Aunt Sally
Multiplication first
Division second
Addition third
Subtraction last

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/.ㅤ — 1 year ago(March 12, 2025 07:37 PM)

So what's the problem?
That you don't know the answer?
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