6 - 1 x 0 + 2 / 2 =

[clapham_gull]

Misread it first....

But without posting the answer has to be equivalent to:


(6-0) + 1

 

[Bozza]

At the stage 6 - 0 + 1 [so it'd be 6 - (0+1)] you'd add 0 + 1 = 1 and then 6 - 1 = 5. Shirley?

The day 6 - 0 + 1 equals 5 then I'm giving up on everything. Apart from Apple, obviously.

 

[8ace]

Why does Bozza's green light never go on

 

[Slippery Seagull]

Also I have literally no idea how anyone could get 1.

I think the answer is 1

6-1=5
5x0=0
0+2=2
2/2=1

Simples

 

[toostonedtocare]

Give me one week and I will tell you the answer in days.

 

[brightn'ove]

BODMAS. You do the addition before the subtraction.

At the stage 6 - 0 + 1 [so it'd be 6 - (0+1)] you'd add 0 + 1 = 1 and then 6 - 1 = 5. Shirley?

addition and subtraction do not need to be done in order, once it is left as 6 - 0 + 1 you just calculate from left to right as there are no predetermined brackets.

This is what i meant earlier about people using BODMAS wrong to get 5.

 

[Weretheweststand]

[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] I have an A-Level maths lesson tomorrow, so I will ask my teacher and then post afterwards, that'll be the closest thing to being sure of the answer.

 

[Robdinho]

I agree with this, surely minus 0 isn't a number, you can't have minus zero of something,
therefore 6 - 0 + 1 =
6 - + 1= 5

It's not the number "minus zero" though, it's an operation: subtract zero.

And even if it was the number "minus zero", that would make the sum equivalent to
(6) + (-0) + (1). Which would still equal 7. You can't just ignore the zero and leave the negative sign hanging there!

 

[Best Foot Forward]

[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] I have an A-Level maths lesson tomorrow, so I will ask my teacher and then post afterwards, that'll be the closest thing to being sure of the answer.

I wouldn't bank on it!

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

I got pi. So I ate it. Yum yum, thanks Darren!

TNBA

TTF

 

[HenryC]

Not sure why the answer can't be posted.

6 by the way.

 

[Mr Burns]

Answer to this equations 6-1x0+2/2=? - Yahoo! Answers

Personally my answer is "who gives a f***"

Where's my prize. What have I won?

 

[Weretheweststand]

I wouldn't bank on it!

IMO my maths teacher is one of the best in sussex, 95% of our class last year got A or A* at GCSE

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I think the answer is 1

6-1=5
5x0=0
0+2=2
2/2=1

Simples

I worked it out like that too , mind you one third of the poll came up with the same conclusion and another third came up with 7 so does that make us semi dunces who gave 1 as the answer ?

 

[Bozza]

Why does Bozza's green light never go on

For the same reason as the sun never goes down on me.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

IMO my maths teacher is one of the best in sussex, 95% of our class last year got A or A* at GCSE

Under the stricter marking guidelines that will drop to 75% next year

 

[Ned]

For the same reason as the sun never goes down on me.

You've put so much weight on that you have attained the mass & size of a small planet?

 

[Triggaaar]

The problem is that you do the division first 2/2 = 1

No you don't. The multiplication is to the left of the division, so you do that first, then the division, then subtraction, then the addition. Gives the same answer though.

 

[Husty]

There are two answers depending on how you were taught Bidmas/Bodmas, either you say that Addition takes priority over Subtraction (how they teach it at school these days) and then the answer would be 5, or that Addition and Subtraction have equal value and the equation should be read from left to right, this would give the answer as 7.

 

[Robdinho]

There are two answers depending on how you were taught Bidmas/Bodmas, either you say that Addition takes priority over Subtraction (how they teach it at school these days) and then the answer would be 5, or that Addition and Subtraction have equal value and the equation should be read from left to right, this would give the answer as 7.

Do they really teach it like that at school these days?

The BBC revision website seems to agree with the 'Addition and Subtraction have equal value' methodology - surely this is based on, and checked against, the actual curriculum??
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/number/order_operation/revise2.shtml