Kalimantan Gull
Well-known member
I get that this might be a bit hard, and everyone who put 1, fine, easily done. But the 83 people who put 5 scares me- there's some seriously flawed logic at work there!!
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6 - 1 x 0 + 2 / 2 =
- Thread starter Bozza
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mmmI will let you have this if you can explain to me the concept of 10. I understand +10 and -10 but not simply 10 with no sign
So if we have 100 - 10 + 10 you understand the -10, and you understand the +10, but you have no idea what the 100 is
HawkTheSeagull
New member
So what exactly is the answer ?
johnhammond
Neither John, nor Hammond
7 is the answer. Any other answer is worrying/wrong.
HawkTheSeagull
New member
Eh ? I thought it was 1 - although i know ive fell into a trap or whatever. Just added it into a calculator and its the same too - really confused.
johnhammond
Neither John, nor Hammond
It's because of BODMAS - maths has a specific order in which things have to be done, so that there can only ever be one correct answer (otherwise the same equation having different answers would make computers/planes/everything impossible). Order of operations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As there are no brackets or powers, in this example you have to divide and multiply everything that is immediately next to a x or / first. So that means doing 1x0 = 0, and 2/2=1. Then you just have addition and subtraction to do, which means the whole thing is 6-0+1=7.
Cian
Well-known member
Different education system - its BOMDAS here.
mreprice
Active member
I blame Tapatalk. It needs to get polls sorted out!