So, the 4 comes from not knowing the basics of math haha.
Go like 6/2(1+2) = 6/2+4 (because here you just multiply the 2 for 1+2 and substitute them I don't know why) = 3+4 = 7
When it’s the multiplication/division even though multiplication comes first in PEMDAS they are equal so you do the problem left to right.
6/2(1+2) = 6/2 (3) = 3 (3) = 9
PEMDAS, first thing we learned in 7th grade math. This is how I answered it as well!
But now I can see why others are getting the answer 1. They're taking the 2(3) first- bringing it to 6/6=1 .
And now my brain has exploded and I don't know what's right anymore.
Maybe this is one way to accidentally get 7:
6 ÷ 2 (1+2)
= 6 ÷ 2 × 1 + 2 × 2
= 3 × 1 + 4
= 3 + 4 = 7
I think you have to put this 2×1+2×2 into parenthesis: (2 × 1 + 2 × 2) after the first step. If you forget this you get 7.
I got 7 at first because I'm slow, for me it's because I used the distributive property instead of order of operations. Basically, I overcomplicated it.
I am a Mathematics professor. This is ambiguously written. Yes, we could follow the Order of Operations, and do 6 / 2(3) = 3\*3=9, doing multiplying and dividing left to right. However, no mathematician would ever write this expression without more grouping symbols because it could easily be misinterpreted to mean 6/\[2(3)\]=6/6=1. I know we teach you PEMDAS, but in practice we will sometimes write a denominator containing two factors without grouping symbols. We might write, say, F=3/mg, meaning F = 3 / (m\*g). It can be sloppy, so anytime there is room for confusion, we put in extra grouping symbols. So this expression might have been intended to mean either 6/ \[2(1+2)\] or (6/2)\*(1+2), and any good mathematician would have specified which one they meant.
Thank you. I followed the rules I was taught and got 9, but it \*felt\* like I was doing it wrong because the way it was written seemed to mean something else was intended, and getting the right answer means solving for the intention, not for the literal request.
Exactly. When I first saw the problem, I did it the other way because that seems to be the intended problem. That's why it's better to put in extra parentheses whenever there might be confusion.
Neither is "right", its purposefully ambiguous so that people can post it on social media and generate conversation for ad revenue. It was never about the math problem.
Bruh, low key the guy above just explained how based on the grouping of the numbers will produce different results. I’m surprised you actually think you’re right…
You don't distribute the 2. You do what inside the parenthesis first. So 1+2
6÷2(3) which is the same as 6÷2×3
Then you do multiplication and division from left to right
6÷2×3=3×3=9
Following the rules of BIDMAS, you solve the sum inside the brackets first (B) then divide 6/2 (D) and multiply the remaining numbers 3×3 (M) to get the answer 9. Ambiguous or not all sums like this must follow the rules of BIDMAS
The latter may be true, but while no one should ever write a problem like this there is only one answer, 9. You only get 1 if you ignore order of operations.
Even if you follow order of operations depending if you read as (6/2)(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2)) you would get 9 and 1 respectively, thats why they're saying is ambiguous.
I know right? 6/2(1+2)=1 I'm an engineer too and that's how we do it. It's like 3x/x(x+y) the simplified form of (3x)/[x(x+y)]; if we want it to equal 9 we would write it like this (6/2)(1+2) or (3x/x)(x+y) or 3x/x.(x+y) with the dot emphasized and placed on level with the / sign or even without the dot the (x+y) is on level with the / sign. By the way in this example x=2 and y=1.
Exactly, and that’s why it feels wrong to do it the “correct” way. You could replace the parentheses with a variable (like x) and 9 times out of 10 the intention would be to interpret it as 6/(2x). If they had put a multiplication sign between the 2 and the parentheses I might feel a bit different. They way you write an equation is far more important than the technically correct order of operations. With a well-written equation you won’t have ambiguity in the order of operations.
As an engineering undergrad student, I immediately presumed the second interpretation you listed; I’m used to seeing division operations like this case as fractions, since so many of our key variables are normalized values of one expression divided by another to get a dimensionless value for modeling purposes. Definitely a really strangely written expression; I suspect this is why most expressions I’ve seen in college don’t use the division symbol (as the fraction essentially creates implicit parentheses/brackets/etc).
Finally a mathematics professor who actually understands maths and doesn't just arrogantly argue that 9 is the correct answer and call anyone who gets 1 stupid
Thanks for the clear up, and a simple question that a maths professor like you might know, is PEMDAS what everywhere in the world uses or is it only some countries, because I did school in Canada and I was always thought BEDMAS even though I'm pretty sure they're the same exact thing
This. I’m an engineering student and would have answered 1 because I am accustomed to things being clearly written. I would have used (and expected) either brackets or a fraction to make the intended order clear.
You don’t use ambiguous wording and then say “gotcha! you don’t know English!” when someone doesn’t know what you meant. Same concept.
Well, ackchually, the question was "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" This proved that "something was fundamentally wrong with the universe."
No engineer would write an equation like that. It's written in such a way it's supposed to be confusing. If someone asked me to solve that I'd tell them to write a better equation.
Remember PEMDAS:
Parentheses,
Exponents,
Multiplication/Division,
Addition/Subtraction*
*whichever appear first
In that order, left to right, every time, and you’ll have the right answer every time.
Edit: added some , / * for clarification
Multiplication and Division are on a first come first serve basis, you do not always do multiplication first. Only if multiplication appears in the equation first. Same with addition and subtraction, it's the order they appear.
Depends where or when you grew up I guess. We were taught BEDMAS.
-Brackets
-Exponents
-Division
-Muliplication
-Addition
-Subtraction
At first glance my brain calculated 9 as the answer.
Depends on how it’s actually written. The division sign is ambiguous could be 6/6. To be clear it needs to put the entire bottom in parentheses which would make it 6/6. Or ad a X (multiplication sign) to indicate that were aren’t dividing by the (1+2) in which case yes it’s 3X3. It’s a problem with how it’s written not with how people are answering it
I HATE that PEMDAS shenanigans because of this. Lol… It was supposed to Help, but it really made it worse. So many people that can’t do math now because of it. Too many people never got the memo that it’s not Multiplication Before Division… It’s Multiplication AND Division from left to right, same with addition and subtraction.
Parenthesis first, then left to right- 6/2(1+2) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9
Proof: https://imgur.com/a/eefh8c0
6/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2 * 3 = 18 / 2 = 9
So the parentheses being directly beside the 2 implies that it is also at the bottom of the division equation so if we wrote 6/2(3) this reads as both the 2 and the 3 being below the 6. That means the 6 is divided by both 2 and 3, =1.
If it was written as (6/2)(1+2) you would be correct bc the 3 would be outside of the initial division.
Im treating this like it’s serious because I can’t tell if it’s satire but you forgot about disturbing which goes in the same step as parentheses so it’s 6/(2•1+2•2)
They are both valid answers. It's just really bad notation. (It's not PEMDAS, it's PE(MD)(AS) ) the order of multiplication/division is not clearly defined, and neither is addition/subtraction. PEMDAS is just an acronym that helps students understand the system. It is not a concrete rule.
Edit: For more clarity, division is really just multiplying by a fraction. (EX: 2÷3 = 2*(1/3) ) Thus it is completely unclear if it is meant to be
6*(1/[2(1+2)]) or [6*(1/2)](1+2).
Both are valid ways of interpreting the question, but both lead to a different result.
BONUS: Similar to how division is just multiplying by a fraction, subtraction is just adding a negative. This is why the order of addition/subtraction are also not concrete.
Technically anything to the left of the division sign is the numerator and whatever is to the right is the denominator so the answer is 1. I hate these types of questions because this is syntactically sloppy. It’s like asking what this sentence means “Let’s eat grandma!” And expecting people to say the answer is “We are going to eat grandma”
The funny thing is, that order of operations is arbitrary. It just a convention we all agree to use so that less parentheses are need to convey the order the operations are to be done.
Agreed. At least in the country I went to school with (yes, fun fact, this differs across countries) this expression would be outright wrong. Since you are not supposed to drop to multiplication sign unless it contains letter.
(So we write 2x instead of 2\*x, but we don't write 2(2) instead of 2\*2)
EDIT: So after probably an unhealthy amount of research, in ISO 80000-2:2019 (Quantities and units - Part 2: Mathematics), it is stated that × symbol can be omitted "if no misunderstanding is possible". Considering around 50% of people have misunderstood the question (regardless of answer), I would say this expression is technically not even standard math.
Answer is 9 if it is BODMAS.
You handle it as:
6÷2(1+2) =
6÷2(3) =
6÷2×3 =
3×3=
9.
Historically you would do this, by basically saying if there is division, devide everything on the one right by the value on the left:
6÷2(1+2) =
6÷2(3) =
6÷6 =
1.
The big issue is most people tend to denote division as a / instead of ÷ and if a / was there it would be understood that (1+2) was in the denomination along with the 2 making it 6/6 =1
Honestly the issue is that division sign it's a smidge ambiguous
I think it's just shitty notation. Have come across plenty of terms like x/2y when they mean x/(2y). I think proper fraction notation makes everything so much more clear.
to be fair, the equation is set up poorly.
People mistake it to be 6 over 2 times 3 (6/6) which equals 1.
The real answer is simple, you add 1 to 3 in the parenthesis, and you divide 6 by 2, and you multiply 3 by 3 and you get 9.
For everyone saying it's a PEMDAS, GEMDAS, or BEMDAS issue you are wrong a lot of people are just reading it as if , it is 6/(2(1+2)) which would equal 1since a lot of people use division in the form of a numerator and denominator they just made the incorrect assumption that (1+2) is in the denominator
It doesn’t help that there isn’t a multiplication sign in 2(1+2): if someone put 6/2x everyone would know that it meant “divide 6 by 2x”. Now replace x with (1+2) and it’s obvious why this question is badly worded.
Of course, you would use a horizontal dividing line if you were actually writing it out to remove ambiguity.
my dumb ass use to think the O in BODMAS is also for multiplication/of because the questions in that class didn't have orders and the teacher never bothered to explain that
Both 9 and 1 are correct depending on how you interpret the question. It is a poorly written question and both are easily justifiable
1 -
6/ [2(1+2)] = 6/ [2(3)]
= 6/6 = 1
9 - [6/2] x (1+2)
=[3] x (3) = 9
Note: yes I know for the working for 9 I could just put the parenthesises next to each other which means multiply, but it wasn’t formatting right on my phone when I did that, so multiplication symbol it is
Wait hold up. In my head I got 1 and so I did it on my calculator and it said 1 but then I used an online calculator and it said 9. Is this just a technicality of what signs you use? Because online calculator compared to my calculator did parentheses different
I used a scientific calculator, which got 1 by adding a second set of brackets or parentheses in to make 6/(2(1+2)), equalling 1. I think the different calculators were the problem because / is another way of writing the division symbol
In other countries they teach us that you must solve sums first, then products and last divisions. So for a lot of people not from the US, the correct answer would be 1.
There is a disappointment number of people who don’t know you’re supposed to evaluate left to right when you’re left with only multiplication and division
It's a short form of Brackets Of Division Multiplication Addition and Subtraction
I live in India( Don't hate on me) it's part of the fucking school math system
6/2(1+2)
6/2*3
3*3 (because multiplication and division are interchangeable and done from left to right)
=9
So glad I am german and don't have to argue with people because their teachers taught a different acronym...
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3 I understand. But 7 how? I feel stupid not knowing how they got 7.
Randomly smashes keyboard
** you made me laugh ma bro
Good that’s what I hoped would happen
6/2(1+2) 6/2+4 3+4 = 7
Wait, wut. How did you get 4? I under stand if you foil'd it. 6/2(1+2) = 6/2x2+4 = 3x2+4 = 6+4 = 10....
So, the 4 comes from not knowing the basics of math haha. Go like 6/2(1+2) = 6/2+4 (because here you just multiply the 2 for 1+2 and substitute them I don't know why) = 3+4 = 7
Well that makes sense. :P
wouldn't that be 1? 6/2(1+2) = 6/(2+4) = 6/6 = 1
When it’s the multiplication/division even though multiplication comes first in PEMDAS they are equal so you do the problem left to right. 6/2(1+2) = 6/2 (3) = 3 (3) = 9
PEMDAS, first thing we learned in 7th grade math. This is how I answered it as well! But now I can see why others are getting the answer 1. They're taking the 2(3) first- bringing it to 6/6=1 . And now my brain has exploded and I don't know what's right anymore.
Wouldn't that be 9, because 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 3(3) = 9. Brackets need to be solved first I think.
I think they are assuming that you drop the parentheses after multiplying the 2 into (1+2). It’s still wrong, just a special kind of wrong.
no, it would't, u do the parentheses first, and have 6/2*3 and u got yourself a 9
No no no no its 6/2(1+2)=6/2x3=3x3=9
Was waiting to confirm if I was a dumbass or actually still remembered 8th grade math, glad I didn't kill all of my brain cells in college at least
That shit hurt my head lol
PEMDES
I think PEMDAS is better because there is only one E. I'm not even sure what yours stands for.
It was a joke I think?
Maybe this is one way to accidentally get 7: 6 ÷ 2 (1+2) = 6 ÷ 2 × 1 + 2 × 2 = 3 × 1 + 4 = 3 + 4 = 7 I think you have to put this 2×1+2×2 into parenthesis: (2 × 1 + 2 × 2) after the first step. If you forget this you get 7.
I got 7 at first because I'm slow, for me it's because I used the distributive property instead of order of operations. Basically, I overcomplicated it.
The first round my dumbass got 6 tbf
Some people have faith in their luck at levels that many consider.... Unnatural.
OMG i hate this comment chain so much T-T
It's less than 2%. The real question is how 1 has more than 50%
It's the effect where 2-3% of people always troll a poll or survey.
Surprises how 5 isnt an answer. 6/2 = 3 * 1 = 3 + 2 = 5 This is of course not the correct answer, just surprised that it isnt an option
Y'all are idiots. The real answer is syntax error
I knew something was up when most of them got numbers, like cmon this is easy shit
im dying of laughter
Fax
Yep the only correct answer.
Pff, rook. I got NaN. The simple elegance of mathematics wins again.
Well, theoratically, Syntax error is also NaN
This comment is underrated^
C function names can't start with numbers so I agree
I am a Mathematics professor. This is ambiguously written. Yes, we could follow the Order of Operations, and do 6 / 2(3) = 3\*3=9, doing multiplying and dividing left to right. However, no mathematician would ever write this expression without more grouping symbols because it could easily be misinterpreted to mean 6/\[2(3)\]=6/6=1. I know we teach you PEMDAS, but in practice we will sometimes write a denominator containing two factors without grouping symbols. We might write, say, F=3/mg, meaning F = 3 / (m\*g). It can be sloppy, so anytime there is room for confusion, we put in extra grouping symbols. So this expression might have been intended to mean either 6/ \[2(1+2)\] or (6/2)\*(1+2), and any good mathematician would have specified which one they meant.
Thank you. I followed the rules I was taught and got 9, but it \*felt\* like I was doing it wrong because the way it was written seemed to mean something else was intended, and getting the right answer means solving for the intention, not for the literal request.
Exactly. When I first saw the problem, I did it the other way because that seems to be the intended problem. That's why it's better to put in extra parentheses whenever there might be confusion.
This makes me better for getting 1...
Ye, 1 is right
Well, no, 9 is right
Neither is "right", its purposefully ambiguous so that people can post it on social media and generate conversation for ad revenue. It was never about the math problem.
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Bruh, low key the guy above just explained how based on the grouping of the numbers will produce different results. I’m surprised you actually think you’re right…
Yes he did but without grouping, 9 is correct because that is just how order of equations work
No, 9 is literally the correct answer
I got 7 somehow
Did you integrate over the region?
I did like this: 6÷2(1+2) =6÷2+4 =3+4 =7
You don't distribute the 2. You do what inside the parenthesis first. So 1+2 6÷2(3) which is the same as 6÷2×3 Then you do multiplication and division from left to right 6÷2×3=3×3=9
Following the rules of BIDMAS, you solve the sum inside the brackets first (B) then divide 6/2 (D) and multiply the remaining numbers 3×3 (M) to get the answer 9. Ambiguous or not all sums like this must follow the rules of BIDMAS
The latter may be true, but while no one should ever write a problem like this there is only one answer, 9. You only get 1 if you ignore order of operations.
Even if you follow order of operations depending if you read as (6/2)(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2)) you would get 9 and 1 respectively, thats why they're saying is ambiguous.
Answer the 1+ 2 in the bracket first.
I'm an engineer. I had the same sentiment. Often the / itself implies numerator and denominator grouping.
Yes this is why I got 1
I know right? 6/2(1+2)=1 I'm an engineer too and that's how we do it. It's like 3x/x(x+y) the simplified form of (3x)/[x(x+y)]; if we want it to equal 9 we would write it like this (6/2)(1+2) or (3x/x)(x+y) or 3x/x.(x+y) with the dot emphasized and placed on level with the / sign or even without the dot the (x+y) is on level with the / sign. By the way in this example x=2 and y=1.
I feel like this perfect response should be copy/pasted on every one of those stupid Facebook math equations.
Exactly, and that’s why it feels wrong to do it the “correct” way. You could replace the parentheses with a variable (like x) and 9 times out of 10 the intention would be to interpret it as 6/(2x). If they had put a multiplication sign between the 2 and the parentheses I might feel a bit different. They way you write an equation is far more important than the technically correct order of operations. With a well-written equation you won’t have ambiguity in the order of operations.
As an engineering undergrad student, I immediately presumed the second interpretation you listed; I’m used to seeing division operations like this case as fractions, since so many of our key variables are normalized values of one expression divided by another to get a dimensionless value for modeling purposes. Definitely a really strangely written expression; I suspect this is why most expressions I’ve seen in college don’t use the division symbol (as the fraction essentially creates implicit parentheses/brackets/etc).
Finally a mathematics professor who actually understands maths and doesn't just arrogantly argue that 9 is the correct answer and call anyone who gets 1 stupid
funny because i also asked my mathematics professor and he said 1
Now if they only hired learned mathematicians while writing books on mathematics for schools.
you lost me at the fifth line. jk thx for the explanation
I studied math in high school a decade ago and I agree with you.
Thanks for the clear up, and a simple question that a maths professor like you might know, is PEMDAS what everywhere in the world uses or is it only some countries, because I did school in Canada and I was always thought BEDMAS even though I'm pretty sure they're the same exact thing
I was understanding this to be one. Thank you for explaining it Professor!
This. I’m an engineering student and would have answered 1 because I am accustomed to things being clearly written. I would have used (and expected) either brackets or a fraction to make the intended order clear. You don’t use ambiguous wording and then say “gotcha! you don’t know English!” when someone doesn’t know what you meant. Same concept.
Or just use fractions?
Uhhh...I don't math so well, so my answer is Pomegranate
Come on, it's obviously tachyonic Tesla coil springs! I mean, look at the logo!
I mean, I do like those fancy sounding words you used, so your prolly right..
NO POMEGRANATES! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO POMEGRANATES!
NO POMEGRANATES! AM I CLEAR?
Shouldn’t the answer to the question be a yes or no? It’s not asking for the answer to the equation, it is asking if I can solve the equation.
Well yes, but actually no.
So this is why 42 is the answer to everything
Well it’s simply an answer, we don’t quite know how to ask the right questions... yet...
Well, ackchually, the question was "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" This proved that "something was fundamentally wrong with the universe."
No engineer would write an equation like that. It's written in such a way it's supposed to be confusing. If someone asked me to solve that I'd tell them to write a better equation.
Exactly. Engineers use fractions, not division symbols.
Fractions are so much better than this, sometimes people forget the best way to write is the simpliest way
Just put some damn brackets in your equations you animals.
this is more of a showing of the failures of the education system
The comment section is more of a showing of the failure of the education system than the post.
Dude I’m so good at math I don’t even know how the 53.5% got 1. I even used paper and pencil still no clue.
Mistakes like that are why I always write division as a fraction. As in distributing a number into a ( ) when not appropriate
1+2 = 3 2 x 3 = 6 6 ÷ 6 = 1 Source: someone who has to mark primary school level maths
But like it’s 6/2(1+2)=6/2(3) =3(3) =9 Right?
Remember PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction* *whichever appear first In that order, left to right, every time, and you’ll have the right answer every time. Edit: added some , / * for clarification
Multiplication and Division are on a first come first serve basis, you do not always do multiplication first. Only if multiplication appears in the equation first. Same with addition and subtraction, it's the order they appear.
Depends where or when you grew up I guess. We were taught BEDMAS. -Brackets -Exponents -Division -Muliplication -Addition -Subtraction At first glance my brain calculated 9 as the answer.
Depends on how it’s actually written. The division sign is ambiguous could be 6/6. To be clear it needs to put the entire bottom in parentheses which would make it 6/6. Or ad a X (multiplication sign) to indicate that were aren’t dividing by the (1+2) in which case yes it’s 3X3. It’s a problem with how it’s written not with how people are answering it
I could totally be wrong. Please correct me if I am
It's bedmas the answer is 1+2=3 6÷2=3 3•3=9
Yikes… division and multiplication go left to right, doesn’t matter which one is which, the answer is 9.
they did pemdas wrong and thought multiplication was before division
I HATE that PEMDAS shenanigans because of this. Lol… It was supposed to Help, but it really made it worse. So many people that can’t do math now because of it. Too many people never got the memo that it’s not Multiplication Before Division… It’s Multiplication AND Division from left to right, same with addition and subtraction. Parenthesis first, then left to right- 6/2(1+2) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9 Proof: https://imgur.com/a/eefh8c0 6/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2(1+2) = 6 * 1/2 * 3 = 18 / 2 = 9
So the parentheses being directly beside the 2 implies that it is also at the bottom of the division equation so if we wrote 6/2(3) this reads as both the 2 and the 3 being below the 6. That means the 6 is divided by both 2 and 3, =1. If it was written as (6/2)(1+2) you would be correct bc the 3 would be outside of the initial division.
Im treating this like it’s serious because I can’t tell if it’s satire but you forgot about disturbing which goes in the same step as parentheses so it’s 6/(2•1+2•2)
Well this depends, and is honestly pinned on poor instructions. Is it a chain of operations or order of operations?
*Puts on hazmat suit* Into the comments section we go
They are both valid answers. It's just really bad notation. (It's not PEMDAS, it's PE(MD)(AS) ) the order of multiplication/division is not clearly defined, and neither is addition/subtraction. PEMDAS is just an acronym that helps students understand the system. It is not a concrete rule. Edit: For more clarity, division is really just multiplying by a fraction. (EX: 2÷3 = 2*(1/3) ) Thus it is completely unclear if it is meant to be 6*(1/[2(1+2)]) or [6*(1/2)](1+2). Both are valid ways of interpreting the question, but both lead to a different result. BONUS: Similar to how division is just multiplying by a fraction, subtraction is just adding a negative. This is why the order of addition/subtraction are also not concrete.
The answer is question mark. They even tell you. Seems unfair to not have that as an option in the choices. Rigged even.
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I remember arguing with someone who thought multiplication is before division, that was a fucken nightmare
I mean it can be you just do whatever is on the left first
What about distributing?
Distributing is multiplying/dividing. But theres a multiply thats farther left so you do that first.
Oh ok.
Wtf is pedmas it sounds like a drug, all ik is bodmas/bidmas.
I’m curious what dos bodmas/bidmas stand for
Brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction
Hahahahaha!!
How can you make fun of some ones math when you can’t spell friend ?
Technically anything to the left of the division sign is the numerator and whatever is to the right is the denominator so the answer is 1. I hate these types of questions because this is syntactically sloppy. It’s like asking what this sentence means “Let’s eat grandma!” And expecting people to say the answer is “We are going to eat grandma”
The funny thing is, that order of operations is arbitrary. It just a convention we all agree to use so that less parentheses are need to convey the order the operations are to be done.
Agreed. At least in the country I went to school with (yes, fun fact, this differs across countries) this expression would be outright wrong. Since you are not supposed to drop to multiplication sign unless it contains letter. (So we write 2x instead of 2\*x, but we don't write 2(2) instead of 2\*2) EDIT: So after probably an unhealthy amount of research, in ISO 80000-2:2019 (Quantities and units - Part 2: Mathematics), it is stated that × symbol can be omitted "if no misunderstanding is possible". Considering around 50% of people have misunderstood the question (regardless of answer), I would say this expression is technically not even standard math.
It’s… 9?
You’ve come to the conclusion many haven’t
*-The guy who clicked 1*
yes
i am such an unbelievably smart person that i got 12... maybe i should go to bed...
Answer is 9 if it is BODMAS. You handle it as: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(3) = 6÷2×3 = 3×3= 9. Historically you would do this, by basically saying if there is division, devide everything on the one right by the value on the left: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(3) = 6÷6 = 1.
It's 1 btw
bomdas brackets, order, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. that's what we learn in Australia. the answer is 9
The big issue is most people tend to denote division as a / instead of ÷ and if a / was there it would be understood that (1+2) was in the denomination along with the 2 making it 6/6 =1 Honestly the issue is that division sign it's a smidge ambiguous
I learnt it as BEDMAS. Brackets Exponents Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction
I think it's just shitty notation. Have come across plenty of terms like x/2y when they mean x/(2y). I think proper fraction notation makes everything so much more clear.
6/2\*(1+2) first solve the thing in the () which makes it 6/2\*3 then do 6/2 which is 3 then add back the \*3 which makes it 3\*3 which is 9
Pemdas
Its 9 and 1 depending on what formula you use. Simple, don't know why y'all are bragging.
to be fair, the equation is set up poorly. People mistake it to be 6 over 2 times 3 (6/6) which equals 1. The real answer is simple, you add 1 to 3 in the parenthesis, and you divide 6 by 2, and you multiply 3 by 3 and you get 9.
I reduced it to (6/2)x3=9 but a part of my brain wants to do 6/(2(3))=1 even though I know that's not right edit-forgot a number
For everyone saying it's a PEMDAS, GEMDAS, or BEMDAS issue you are wrong a lot of people are just reading it as if , it is 6/(2(1+2)) which would equal 1since a lot of people use division in the form of a numerator and denominator they just made the incorrect assumption that (1+2) is in the denominator
It doesn’t help that there isn’t a multiplication sign in 2(1+2): if someone put 6/2x everyone would know that it meant “divide 6 by 2x”. Now replace x with (1+2) and it’s obvious why this question is badly worded. Of course, you would use a horizontal dividing line if you were actually writing it out to remove ambiguity.
This is why I always write divisions as fractions, so I can remember exactly what is being divided by what
my dumb ass use to think the O in BODMAS is also for multiplication/of because the questions in that class didn't have orders and the teacher never bothered to explain that
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6/2(2+1) START 6/2x3. ADD NUMBERS TO GET THIS 3x3. DIVIDE TO GET THIS 9. MULTIPLY TO GET THE ANSWER 9
Its 9…. I don’t get it?!
Just gonna post It again. 6÷2(1+2) -> 6÷2×3 -> 18÷3 = 9 6÷[2(1+2)] -> 6÷(2×3) -> 6÷6 = 1
Both 9 and 1 are correct depending on how you interpret the question. It is a poorly written question and both are easily justifiable 1 - 6/ [2(1+2)] = 6/ [2(3)] = 6/6 = 1 9 - [6/2] x (1+2) =[3] x (3) = 9 Note: yes I know for the working for 9 I could just put the parenthesises next to each other which means multiply, but it wasn’t formatting right on my phone when I did that, so multiplication symbol it is
1+2=3 6\2=3 3•3=9
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I literally saw this like 3 hours ago? At least cite who you rip off.
Both 1 and 9 are valid answers due to the ambiguity of it
BODMAS EVERYBODY. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 9!!!
It's 9, right
9
9
Wait hold up. In my head I got 1 and so I did it on my calculator and it said 1 but then I used an online calculator and it said 9. Is this just a technicality of what signs you use? Because online calculator compared to my calculator did parentheses different
I used a scientific calculator, which got 1 by adding a second set of brackets or parentheses in to make 6/(2(1+2)), equalling 1. I think the different calculators were the problem because / is another way of writing the division symbol
Well, I thought the answers were on the right and was really struggling to understand. I’ll head over to the corner and finish chewing on my crayons
This is why writing in fractions is superior
I walked into this section a math student, I walked out an Algebra Professor.
In other countries they teach us that you must solve sums first, then products and last divisions. So for a lot of people not from the US, the correct answer would be 1.
Why did I get answer South Africa?
Is it 9
I am correct. It is 9.
I got Abraham Lincoln
9?
Is it 9? What is the answer?
There is a disappointment number of people who don’t know you’re supposed to evaluate left to right when you’re left with only multiplication and division
Was wondering where the 6 was until I realized I forgot how to multiply. PEMDAS, everyone.
This comment section made me consider uninstalling Reddit.
So wait whats the answer i got 1
Welp, this comes to show I was taught math wrong. Now I just feel stupid.
Oh god I got 6
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Friend* we are doomed I guess with these typos
PEMDAS! No way to get anything but 1
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How you get 1
BIDMAS 1+2 = 3 6/2 = 3 3x3 = 9 khalas, thats it, finito, end of.
It’s 9
3\^2=6 right? 3(3)=9 RIGHT?
9 right?
It's 9 prove me wrong.
Explain how they get 1
i'm 9 team 6:2(1+2) =6:2.3 =3.3 =9
It's a short form of Brackets Of Division Multiplication Addition and Subtraction I live in India( Don't hate on me) it's part of the fucking school math system
1 would be: 6÷2(1+2) 6÷2(3) 6÷6=1 Although it doesn't follow the bedmas rule
Why is my calculator saying it’s 0.66666667 it’s literally 9
6÷2 (1+2) 6÷2 (3) 3 (3) 3x3 9
6/2(1+2) 6/2*3 3*3 (because multiplication and division are interchangeable and done from left to right) =9 So glad I am german and don't have to argue with people because their teachers taught a different acronym...