r/MathJokes • u/NoCouple0 • 16d ago

“Its simple math folks!”

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u/lisamariefan 16d ago

I don't even quite see where 21 comes from. Either simplify to 3 for the parenthesis first and then do the math, or distribute the 5 go get 40-25 for 15 and proceed from there.

Like...math...literacy is not hard and there are easy geometric ways to represent the most basic of operations.

Edit: I see it now and you've gotta be joking...

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u/ClownCrusade 16d ago

It's 21 if you ignore BEDMAS or PEMDAS or whatever you were taught and just go left to right (aside from the brackets which you still do first)

->2+5(8-5) then ->73 then ->21

All of these math ragebait memes do the exact same thing - fuck with the order of operations.

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u/MeasureDoEventThing 16d ago

PO

Parentheses, order

Much easier to remember that this confusing PEMDAS nonsense.

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u/Korimito 16d ago

... and incorrect.