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    Basic math.. Who knows it?

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    • Posts: 1,216 Member
      Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. In order: Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. I only see Subtraction, Multiplication, and Addition. First do the multiplying, then the adding, then the subtracting.

      wtf i don't remember this =| this is why im a social science student
    • Posts: 811 Member
      7. but like, I do art for a living. I haven't done math in 9 years. D:
    • Posts: 1,740 Member
      3 cos anything x0 =0
    • Posts: 1,719 Member
      7
    • Posts: 788 Member
      It's 7...and it is basic math indeed.
    • Posts: 119 Member
      3

      OMG what a tard I am....hahha It would be 9-5=4 Then 5x0=0 then add 3 soo 4+0+3= 7
    • Posts: 833 Member
      i also agree wtih 3, cause anything times 0 = 0

      so 3
    • Posts: 2,083 Member
      show previous quotes

      donuts and pizza are the answer to many things, but not this ;)

      Maybe not but now I"m hungry.
    • Posts: 313 Member
      PEMDAS is the order of operations. parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.

      so, you do the multiplication first 5x0=0

      that makes the problem 9-5+3.

      when you get to addition and subtraction you work the problem left to right, 9-5 = 4. then 4+3 = 7.

      IF you chose to do addition first, you need to be sure to take the symbol in front of the number with it, thus making the problem 9+ (-5) + 3 which, is still 7.

      it's not 0 because the whole equation isn't multiplied by 0, only 5.

      it's not 1, because when you do the addition first, it's not 5+3, it's -5+3 which is -2, and 9 + (-2) is 7.

      it's not 3, because you don't do the problem left to right, you have to do the multiplication first.

      answers of 9 and 12 kind of confuse me

      and answers of 7 make me happy. :)
    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      7

      But "maths" should be "math."

      Thanks for asking!

      It's actually called "maths" in Great Britain. I thought it was weird at first too.

      Former math teacher here. It's 7.
    • Posts: 1,217 Member
      7

      People Eat Mc Donalds After School.

      Oops, I guess I shouldn't have posted about Mickey D's on here.:laugh:
    • Posts: 1,619 Member
      5x0=0
      9-5=4
      +3=7
    • Posts: 1,805 Member
      Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
    • Posts: 78 Member
      Well, it gives you the answer, it equals ...?

      lol :)

      i got 7 :)
    • Posts: 770 Member
      I just sat with a bunch of 4th graders and taught math today, please tell me I am right when I say 3, then I saw the correct answer and I know why I am nt returning to teaching next year LOL
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      Once you multiply the 5 by 0 dont forget that two plus signs equal a negative. (I THINK.)
    • Posts: 8,138 Member
      Wow.
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      Without looking at anyone else's answers, I applied PEMDAS for:

      9 - 5 + 5 x 0 + 3 = ....?

      9 - 5 + 0 + 3 =

      4 + 3 = 7

      So, my answer is 7.

      That said, I ****ing hate math. Ask me to spell or define just about any word and we're golden, though.

      Now, back to the thread to check how I did!
    • Posts: 1,132 Member
      7... order of operations :)
    • Posts: 5,860 Member
      B.
    • Posts: 1,578 Member
      Once you multiply the 5 by 0 dont forget that two plus signs equal a negative. (I THINK.)

      Yes, yes! (By which I mean no.)
    • Posts: 2,996 Member
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      wtf i don't remember this =| this is why im a social science student

      I'm a social science student and I knew the answer.
    • Posts: 6,376 Member
      42. The answer is always 42.
    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      I just sat with a bunch of 4th graders and taught math today, please tell me I am right when I say 3

      I hope you weren't teaching them orders of operations....
    • Posts: 313 Member
      Once you multiply the 5 by 0 dont forget that two plus signs equal a negative. (I THINK.)

      close, subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive 1 - (-1) = 1 + 1
    • Posts: 454 Member
      7. The people prioritizing subtraction over addition or vice versa forget that they have the same priority haha. Same as multiplication and division.
    • Posts: 525 Member
      7. Bedmas/Pemdas
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    • Posts: 138 Member
      3
    • Posts: 4,604 Member
      I'm not even going to pretend I know. I have dyscalculia., so math is just about impossible for me to learn, even the easy-peasy stuff.

      Me too. I finally learned a few simple formulas to pass my basic algebra class in order to get my degree, but I hated every second of it and I don't remember a bit of it. I'd even forgotten Dear Aunt Sally until I read this thread.
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