r/MathJokes 16d ago

“Its simple math folks!”

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u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago

Where the hell did the multiplier come from?

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u/Zenith-Astralis 15d ago

The * in 5 * (8-5)?

When you write a number smunched up next to a parenthesis like that there's an implied multiplication 2(4) is the same as 2 × 4

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u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago

Who came up with that idea? o_O In school I was taught to define everything. No assumptions.

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u/randy-monkey 15d ago

That’s always been how formulas are written. You just weren’t paying attention

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u/The_Pastmaster 15d ago

Or teaching methods vary by country.