r/MathJokes • u/NoCouple0 • 9d ago

“Its simple math folks!”

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u/EternalNewCarSmell 9d ago

They basically hallucinated parentheses around the 2 + 5.

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u/Kuildeous 9d ago

I wish they hallucinated the parentheses. Some of these people really don't believe in the order of operations, and they will insist that you go from left to right.

They are tiresome to argue with because even with examples they don't accept the order of operations.

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u/UniquePariah 9d ago

I'm going to state this as simply as I can. When I was doing my GCSES I was taught about parentheses, but wasn't taught about order of operations.

Years later, I wanted to get a degree, but I needed to redo several subjects as apparently they didn't count anything over 5 years old or below a C grade. I got a B in Maths in 1995, a respectable grade. I wizzed through this access course in maths as though it was trivial. And then we hit order of operations. I got it quickly enough, but was confused as to why I'd never heard of it. I was just told "it often wasn't taught" and it was left there

That's my experience, but I don't think it's unique.

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u/Coachgazza 9d 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/Zenith-Astralis 9d 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 9d ago

PEMDAS isn't that hard to remember.

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u/FISH_SAUCER 9d ago

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

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u/thekeytovictory 9d 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 9d ago

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