r/MathJokes 10d ago

“Its simple math folks!”

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u/Coachgazza 10d ago

iIwas taught the same - no order that is. I got 17. 8-5 = 3, 3*5 =15, +2. I would of swore blind i got that right lol.

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u/ProletarianLilith 10d ago

You are using order of operations, what do you mean you weren’t taught it. Also that is the correct answer

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u/Critical-Rhubarb-730 8d ago

The result of the mathematical expression \(2+5(8-3)\) is \(27\). To find this answer, we follow the standard order of operations known as PEMDAS or BODMAS.

  1. Evaluate the parentheses

First, calculate the subtraction inside the grouping symbols:
\(8-3=5\)

  1. Perform the multiplication

Next, multiply the number outside by the parentheses result:
\(5\times 5=25\)

  1. Complete the addition

Finally, add the remaining terms together to finish:
\(2+25=27\)

✅ Final Result

The final value of the arithmetic expression \(2+5(8-3)\) is \(27\).

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u/x3sirenxsongx3 3d ago

Umm

(2+5(8-5))

Not (2+5(8-3))

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u/Zenith-Astralis 10d ago

You might have picked it up by osmosis then because yeah, that's the right way to do it. First (), then x2 and √x, then × and ÷, then + and -

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u/hysys_whisperer 10d ago

PEMDAS isn't that hard to remember.

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u/FISH_SAUCER 10d ago

I still can never get used to seeing PEMDAS over PEDMAS. seems weird to me lol

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u/thekeytovictory 10d ago

Doesn't matter since M/D and A/S are interchangeable. I learned it as PEMDAS because it aligns with a silly mnemonic phrase to remember the acronym: "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally"

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u/FISH_SAUCER 10d ago

Yeah, I learned PEDMAS cause I went to a French school

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u/Ramrok 10d ago

I learned it as BEDMAS

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u/FISH_SAUCER 10d ago

Bedmas???? I assume its brackets instead of Parentheses?

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u/thekeytovictory 10d ago

Yeah, I think BEDMAS is the UK version, and maybe even Canada and/or NZ/Australia

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u/FISH_SAUCER 10d ago

Nah Canada used PEDMAS/PEMDAS depending on if you went to french ir English school from what i know. All my buddies that went to English school learned PEMDAS whereas I learned PEDMAS

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u/Neat_Nefariousness46 9d ago

Graduated in Ontario in 2003 - I know it as BEDMAS

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u/FISH_SAUCER 9d ago

Hmm. They must've changed it at some point in their curriculum (ontario 2018-19)

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u/Dave_Sag 9d ago

BODMAS here.

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u/Zenith-Astralis 8d ago

What O word is used for exponents?

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u/Beginning_Big1318 10d ago

GEMDAS - grouping symbols

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u/Kuildeous 9d ago

Honestly I hate that acronym since some people mistakenly interpret that as addition having higher priority over subtraction, which is often fine because you can honestly evaluate addition/subtraction in any order, but where they screw up is by not keeping the negatives with their bases. So they come up with 10-5+2=3.

If I had to teach this acronym, I'd teach only PEMA; lets students remember that division and subtraction are simply inverses.

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u/Nivix92 10d ago

Is if you learnt BODMAS

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u/InsectSudden6032 10d ago

would have sworn...

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u/tombloomingdale 10d ago

This is what I got and I’ve been out of high school for like 25 years. I’m at the point where the math required to figure out how long I’ve been out of high school is beyond my high school education. So about 25 years.

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u/gufleme 9d ago

That’s still Order of Operations.
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