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Basic math.. Who knows it?

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  • RaeLB
    RaeLB 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
  • nnylee
    nnylee Posts: 811 Member
    7. but like, I do art for a living. I haven't done math in 9 years. D:
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member
    3 cos anything x0 =0
  • j4nash
    j4nash Posts: 1,719 Member
    7
  • Fit_Canuck
    Fit_Canuck Posts: 788 Member
    It's 7...and it is basic math indeed.
  • angielautenbach
    angielautenbach 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
  • mmk137
    mmk137 Posts: 833 Member
    i also agree wtih 3, cause anything times 0 = 0

    so 3
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Wait.. not donut... Pizza!

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

    Maybe not but now I"m hungry.
  • k0nfyo0zed
    k0nfyo0zed 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. :)
  • Jorra
    Jorra 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.
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover 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:
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    5x0=0
    9-5=4
    +3=7
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
  • threasarenee
    threasarenee Posts: 78 Member
    Well, it gives you the answer, it equals ...?

    lol :)

    i got 7 :)
  • korsicash
    korsicash 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
  • builtforlife
    builtforlife Posts: 259
    Once you multiply the 5 by 0 dont forget that two plus signs equal a negative. (I THINK.)
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Wow.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina 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!
  • Kenzietea2
    Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
    7... order of operations :)
  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    B.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 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.)
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 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

    I'm a social science student and I knew the answer.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    42. The answer is always 42.
  • Jorra
    Jorra 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....
  • k0nfyo0zed
    k0nfyo0zed 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
  • sugarbone
    sugarbone 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.
  • Dan112358
    Dan112358 Posts: 525 Member
    7. Bedmas/Pemdas
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    111
  • Thad81
    Thad81 Posts: 138 Member
    3
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz 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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