6÷2(1+2) : Othor Games

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:42 am

Better to write it as a fraction. Fractions are far clearer.

Indeed. The divide sign is for noobs.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:18 pm

Doesn't doing the brackets first make it 7? 6/2(1+2), 6/2+4, 3+4=7

I'm going with 9 now after seeing some examples through the thread, but my first answer was 1 'cause I messed up. You could do it like 6/2 + 12/2 and still get 9.

Where'd you get four?

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:41 am

Theory of Forms.

Forms > Maths > The Physical > Shadows/reflections.

Even if they are just representations it means they are flawed so can be mathematics because it is only a distorted reflection of what mathematics could actually be in the Realm of Pure Forms.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:10 am

if you change the layout, it would be 1.

6
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2(1+2)

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:02 pm

http://oi51.tinypic.com/2ur032o.jpg followed by my reaction.

:P

I've just tried it on my Casio, and it gives me 1. Bad Casio!

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:22 pm

Doesn't doing the brackets first make it 7? 6/2(1+2), 6/2+4, 3+4=7

How'd you get 4?

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:07 pm

holy crap I can't believe there are 4 freaking pages of this for a simple arithmetic problem!

what have we done to destroy America's education system??????

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:50 am

Doesn't doing the brackets first make it 7? 6/2(1+2), 6/2+4, 3+4=7

I'm going with 9 now after seeing some examples through the thread, but my first answer was 1 'cause I messed up. You could do it like 6/2 + 12/2 and still get 9.

Ok, I have admitted that I am stupid with math, but how does 1 + 2 =4?

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:26 pm

I don't see where the problem is.
6/2*3 = 9
6/(2*3) = 1

I can't understand why mathematicians are debating about that.
There is only one solution, and no other mathematical interpretation is possible.

holy mother of god, please tell me you are trolling and not serious

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:11 am

@Jag and Boss: He made 2 times the one in the bracket, lol.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:28 am

Where'd you get four?

By doing 2x1 + 2x2.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:58 pm

holy crap I can't believe there are 4 freaking pages of this for a simply arithmetic problem!

what have we done to destroy America's education system??????

not just america, the entire world

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:10 pm

Some of you fail at math a lot () is supposed to be counted before anything else, then ÷ and then *.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:26 pm

@Jag and Boss: He made 2 times the one in the bracket, lol.

Totally avoiding the +2 also in the bracket? Nice. Why didn't I think of that?

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:09 pm

REMOVED!!!

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:05 am

I got 1.Do the ones in the parenthesis first guys!Third Eye = You pastor from a philosophical view point is right, mathematics are just a bunch of symbols that only mean what the vast majrity want or are learned to believe. In this case these four dots . . . . = 4

I don't see where the problem is.6/2*3 = 96/(2*3) = 1I can't understand why mathematicians are debating about that.There is only one solution, and no other mathematical interpretation is possible.

:facepalm:

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:31 pm

By doing 2x1 + 2x2.

Even though I still don't understand where you are coming from. 2x1 + 2x2 is 6...

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:28 am

holy crap I can't believe there are 4 freaking pages of this for a simple arithmetic problem!

what have we done to destroy America's education system??????

Because America is the only country in the world.

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:18 pm

So it's not that anyone is wrong per se...

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YES. Someone IS wrong per se, and it's the people who think the solution is 1. The rules in mathematics about stuff like this are quite strictly and completely unambiguously defined. Like I said already, division and multiplication have the same priority and if it is not specified by parenthesis which should be done first, they are always done in left-to-right order, without exception. Therefore the people who think multiplication has the priority over division are wrong. PER SE.

And by the way, "PEMDAS" is the mnemonic for "terms inside parenthesis, exponents and roots, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction". Do you see the "and" there, in-between "multiplication" and "division"? It means that the two have the same priority. Had it been "then" instead of "the", it would mean that multiplication has priority over division. But it isn't, so it does not.

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:22 pm

By doing 2x1 + 2x2.

But why would you distribute? The equation doesn't call for it from what I gather.

Some of you fail at math a lot () is supposed to be counted before anything else,

I think that's the only thing not being disputed here.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:43 pm

Seriously? 12 votes?

OMFG how is this possible? we are slipping into a new dark age

Because America is the only country in the world.

I stand corrected. Obviously the EU has a [censored] education system as well.

(I would have hoped it was only the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww who were experiencing difficulty with this problem)

Now if one of you who got this wrong tells me they are from China or Japan I will freaking crap my pants for the future of humanity.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:18 am

NEXT PAGE [censored]

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:39 pm

Even though I still don't understand where you are coming from. 2x1 + 2x2 is 6...

That's how I did it first and got 1 as an answer. I just didn't put 2+4 together. It looks like skipping a step to me.

My answer is 9 anyway now I see how to do it.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:20 pm

Seriously? 12 votes?

OMFG how is this possible? we are slipping into a new dark age

A dark age in which people spam-post meaningless drivel, don't capitalise correctly, use acronyms in place of words and don't use full stops? That sounds horrible!

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:45 pm

holy crap I can't believe there are 4 freaking pages of this for a simple arithmetic problem!

what have we done to destroy America's education system??????

Because only Americans post here.