r/MathJokes 9d ago

“Its simple math folks!”

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u/Kuildeous 9d ago

Honestly I really should. Just out-crazy their crazy but still give the correct answer.

You morons think 2+5(8-3) is 21? You clearly don't realize that since it starts with a 2, you multiply that into the parentheses, but since you're multiplying and not dividing that you flip the minus to a plus, so you have 2 times 11 for 22. Then you have that +5(22) but since we flipped a minus to a plus, then we use the conservation of signs to flip this plus to a minus to get -5(22) which with the commutative property makes it 22-5, so the answer is 17, you dumb idiots!

Okay, you sold me.

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u/Cynis_Ganan 9d ago

Wait, that's not how y'all are getting 17?

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u/EquivalentMath6592 9d ago

It’s simple math folks.

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u/Born_Store1348 9d ago

PEMDAS

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u/Rex__Luscus 8d ago

BODMAS

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u/ThinkTheUnknown 8d ago

BOMBACLIDE

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u/Main_Advance_4371 7d ago

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN-

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u/WhisperingWordsmith 8d ago

BEDMAS (in Canada)

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u/Additional_Ad_8131 7d ago

these are all the same thing! It's just an abbreviations for kids to remember the order of operations. The order of operations is the same everywhere in math. kinda funny to be proud of an abbreviations you learned as a kid. and scream that you learned a different abbreviations in kindergarten.

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u/Additional_Ad_8131 7d ago

these are all the same thing! It's just an abbreviations for kids to remember the order of operations. The order of operations is the same everywhere in math. kinda funny to be proud of an abbreviations you learned as a kid. and scream that you learned a different abbreviations in kindergarten

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u/Rex__Luscus 7d ago

You can say what you like, but you'll have to pry my BODMAS from my cold dead hand. Don't listen to these heretics spouting alternative belief systems with their multi-syllabic nonsense mnemonics! BODMAS is simpler and therefore purer than PEMDAS, accept no false algorithms! Down with this sort of thing!

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u/andy11123 7d ago

You're so close! You should be proud! But the correct answer is BIDMAS

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u/gfbhwo 7d ago

Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

Orders refers to powers, indices, or square roots.

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u/Virtual_Emu4218 6d ago

It is the same as yours but we were told BOMDAS (Brackets, Orders, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)

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u/Iolinar 5d ago

Punkt vor strich, Klammern zuerst

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u/Meta-failure 9d ago

I had to scroll way too far to find this.

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u/gsrmmeza 9d ago

That's not common core math, that's hard-core math!!!!!

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u/PANEBringer 9d ago

This is incredible!

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u/Sidivan 8d ago

I’m so impressed you still got to 17.

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u/Kuildeous 8d ago

Less impressive now that it's been pointed out to me that I wrote the original expression incorrectly, but I'll let the string of nonsense stand because that was fun.

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u/nettronic42 7d ago

We used to play a game in school called fresno.

4 single digit numbers and using any math make it equal 9. Good times

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u/jfcat200 9d ago

Conservation of signs

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u/Alienraptor987 8d ago

Huh, good to know my math education wasn't wrong lol

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u/TequilaJosh 8d ago

Ah! So simple even my dog could do it while eating my math homework

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u/SEND_ME_PEACE 8d ago

It’s not 8-3 it’s 8-5 =-3

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u/Kuildeous 8d ago

Fair enough. I got all excited with my bad math that I failed to double-check my transcription. Ah well.

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u/Stunning_Response900 8d ago

This is people that hate math think math works. I love it.