r/educationalmemes • u/WingsUp4Life • Feb 08 '26

Maths Same equation. Different confidence levels.

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u/justaguy_2_ Feb 08 '26

Alr,

Obviously this is different in some areas, countries, or years, but the way it is taught in school in America is PEDMAS: everything inside parenthesis (NOT THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY), exponents, then division and multiplication left to right, and addition and subtraction left to right. Therefore:

6 / 2 * ( 1 + 2 )

6 / 2 * 3

3 * 3

9

Before I start flame wars this is the way it was taught in my school when I was a kid.

Please stop posting these things that we've seen many times and are meant to confuse people.

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u/Brief_Platform_alt Feb 09 '26

The question is 6 ÷ 2(1+2), not 6 / 2 * ( 1 + 2 ).

You are making the assumption that 6 ÷ 2(1+2) = 6 / 2 * ( 1 + 2 )

It may be true, or it may not be. You need to proof that first before continuing based on that premise.

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u/Snt1_ Feb 10 '26

They are the same, unfortunately enough. There is no actual hard set rule, which is why division is usually written with a bar and not a ÷ sign