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  • 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+2 x 0?
  • buzz-lightyear
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    elaineanne
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    this thread is as bad as that ‘constantinople’ scenerio… (have i spelt it correctly :mrgreen: 😉

    buzz-lightyear
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    2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+2×0

    With parentheses to clarify the operations:

    (2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2)-(2+(2×0))
    Precedence of operations: (multiply, additions, subtraction)

    Processing:

    (2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2)-(2+(0))
    (2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2)-(2)
    (28)-(2)
    26

    No?

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    GrahamS
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    Anything time zero is O

    How many red beans do you have Baldrick?
    2.

    How many blue beans?
    3

    How many green beans?
    None.

    So how many in total?
    2 x red + 3 x blue + 0 x green = ?

    😉

    uphillcursing
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    Best thread ever! At least since I have been on here.
    I might not be able to string much of a sentence together but I know me sums. This thread has reminded me that I am not so slow after all.

    Cougar
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    With parentheses to clarify the operations:

    You’re overcomplicating.

    2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2-2+(2×0)

    Addition and subtraction have equal value, despite what that BOBBINS thing will have you believe.

    DrRSwank
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    Well, there’s no = sign in any of the ‘equations’ so they don’t sum to anything.

    But BODMAS is Brackets Of….. There aren’t any brackets so you just execute left to right.

    Cougar
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    But BODMAS is Brackets Of….. There aren’t any brackets so you just execute left to right.

    Brackets, Other, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Apparently. So, no.

    Elfinsafety
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    It’s 13.

    It was so boring I forgot to take the 4 away from 2+(3×5) 😳

    Non-scientific calculators will evaluate the sum as entered and get zero. Any scientific calculator will do it sensibly and give 26.

    Just done it on my Casio Scientific Calculator…

    Oh look, that sez 0 as well! 😀

    Cougar
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    And, really, whoTF came up with ‘other’? I’m with the Septics here, it should be Exponents.

    Cougar
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    Just done it on my Casio Scientific Calculator…

    Did you press ‘equals’ after each step? Don’t do that. Just type it in. Have you read the instructions?

    GrahamS
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    It’s not Other it is Order.

    If you say Parenthesis and Exponent then PEMDAS is the mnemonic for you.

    If you’re old skool and say Brackets and Order then BODMAS.

    Some even say BIDMAS, with I for Indices. But those people are wrong.

    Elfinsafety
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    Allthough inertestingly, my Calculator app on my Mac, in’Scientific’ mode, gives 26. 😯

    It does it in ‘Normal’ mode too.

    How confuddling!

    Casio v Apple.

    Hmm…….

    Cougar
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    Just done it on my Casio Scientific Calculator…

    I’ve just done it on my Casio FX451 (last used when I was at school) and it gave the correct answer. I’d respectfully suggest that one of three things is happening here:

    1) You’re unable to use a calculator
    2) Your calculator is rubbish
    3) You’re deliberately getting the wrong answer, or saying you are, to prove a point.

    If I were a betting man, I’d go with 3).

    Elfinsafety
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    TB perfectly H; I don’t actually care.

    All this proves is that there’s more than one way to skin a cat.

    If you want to think yourself cleverer than me, be my guest.

    You’re still a boring maths geek.

    And you probbly smell too.

    Cougar
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    It’s not Other it is Order.

    Fair enough, must’ve misread. I hadn’t heard of it up until this thread.

    hilldodger
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    C’mon Fred, you’re just bumping the thread to get a wunundred 😉

    DrRSwank
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    [/quote]Brackets, Other, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Apparently. So, no.

    Meh. I feel my childhood maths lessons with Mr English (ironic I know) are now wasted.

    But I stick by my point that there’s no equals sign so no requirement to solve.

    It doesn’t really matter. The equation is intentionally ambiguous so that the nerds of the world have something to discuss other than star trek.

    crazy-legs
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    You’re still a boring maths geek.

    Yes but you’re still wrong! 😉

    oldnpastit
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    Being good at maths is just an evolutionary dead end, and is slowly being bred out of humans by natural selection. It confers no advantage over being a celebrity.

    So we shouldn’t be surprised that so few people understand this question and get the right answer.

    Elfin – if you got the wrong answer, it’s because you’re sexier.

    In fifty years time, no-one will get the right answer.

    Elfinsafety
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    Are you suggesting that I’ve obtained it through deception? 😯

    That’s slanderous or libellous or defamatory or something. 😐

    See you in court.

    Yes but you’re still wrong!

    How can that actually be possible? 😕

    Don’t be so silly. Go and have a think about what’s you’ve just said, and ponder the folly of your actions.

    I’m going to ponder what to have for supper. Prawns and mussels with seaweed stir-fry? Or chicken and mushrooms in herbed garlic butter?

    singletrackmind
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    THE RUDDY PLANE TAKES OFF

    aracer
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    Allthough inertestingly, my Calculator app on my Mac, in’Scientific’ mode, gives 26.

    It does it in ‘Normal’ mode too.
    Well there goes the post I was composing about arty types’ Macs giving the wrong answer (the calculator on W7 also gives the correct answer).

    The calculator on my cheap as chips mobile phone also gives the correct answer.

    hilldodger
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    Elfinsafety – Member
    I’m going to ponder what to have for supper. Prawns and mussels with seaweed stir-fry?Donor Or chicken and mushrooms in herbed garlic butter?Shish

    buzz-lightyear
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    “Addition and subtraction have equal value, despite what that BOBBINS thing will have you believe”

    OK. I never thought about it.

    Is division also equal precedence to multiplication?

    I expect to see some proof? 😉

    hilldodger
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    aracer
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    In fifty years time, no-one will get the right answer.

    I bet Steve Jobs would have got the right answer. I bet a lot of people who worship him wouldn’t.

    mudshark
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    The whole point of the BODMAS thing is to avoid debates like this….

    ebygomm
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    I got an A in Further Maths at A-level, never heard of BODMAS!

    Elfinsafety
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    No had kebab t’other night. Can’t have kebab every night. Nice to have a bit of variety.

    cheers_drive
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    B at A level Applied maths here (probably equal to A+ in todays money 😉 ) and BOMAS rings a bell but not loudly. I thinks it’s basic maths that soon gets superceded by the complex stuff.
    Do avoid confusion and mistakes few scentists would would do a proper equation without parentheses as it

    andrewh
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    I got an A in Further Maths at A-level, never heard of BODMAS!

    😯
    I know the exams are getting easier nowadays but FFS we did that at primary school! And I only got a B for normal maths at A-level.

    ebygomm
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    13 years ago rather than ‘nowadays’

    Nowadays I can’t do any maths at all, brain has atrophied 🙂

    aracer
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    Do avoid confusion and mistakes few scentists would would do a proper equation without parentheses as it

    That sentence appears to need some parentheses (or maybe punctuation or re-ordering of words).

    Karinofnine
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    The answer is 0. Any number x zero = zero.

    And, actually, maths IS important, not only because it’s great fun (because it makes your brain tickle) but also because it is the reason why.

    iain1775
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    3 pages in and no one has said the answer is 42
    It’s always 42
    This place is slipping!

    Cougar
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    Any number x zero = zero.

    It is, but when you then add things to it, it stops being.

    Cougar
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    3 pages in and no one has said the answer is 42

    In that case, what was the question?

    _tom_
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    It was called BIDMAS when I was doing my GCSEs. I thought the answer was 0 but apparently not. Oh well. It’s not like I’d need to know this in the real world.

    GrahamS
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    The answer is 0. Any number x zero = zero.

    And, actually, maths IS important, not only because it’s great fun (because it makes your brain tickle) but also because it is the reason why.

    LOL. Yes maths is fun.
    And here’s the Maths Is Fun website to explain why you are wrong:

    http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html

    😀

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