Solve 48÷2(9+3)

[Sasquach991]

Pi are round, cornbread are square

[Lukie]

Parentheses are solved first.. and that does not get extended to the multiplied number outside..

48÷2(9+3) = 48/2*(9+3) = 48/2*(12) = 24*12 = 288....

more interesting to me is how non-calculator tards get to 288. I see 2 reasonable approaches.

A. 12x12=144 via basic multiplication table memorization; double this since 24 is double 12, voila 288

B. Slightly more challenging (i.e. still very easy) but more generally applicable, do 24*10 in head (240), add that to 24*2 done in head (48), voila 288.

C. Regardless, the answer is 288.

D. I find it extremely worrying that the ultimate brotarded body building site currently has a higher percentage of correct votes than our very own poker forum.

[Penneywize]

iblah blah blah 5th grade math lesson blah blah blah pretentious bullshit blah blah blah I visit weightlifting forums

A) Wow thanks for the math lesson, cuz like, totally, no one mentioned how this maffs is sposed' to be done in this thread already!

B) Cool trick, are you part asian or something?!

C) Wao thanks

D) There are any number of reasons why your meathead internet buddies score higher on a "math test" than the ppl in this forum. Maybe they're less confident in their math and decide to read the thread for the correct answer before voting? but nah I guess just carry your shame for FTR and make sure we all know about it etc

[Lukie]

A) Wow thanks for the math lesson, cuz like, totally, no one mentioned how this maffs is sposed' to be done in this thread already!

B) Cool trick, are you part asian or something?!

C) Wao thanks

D) There are any number of reasons why your meathead internet buddies score higher on a "math test" than the ppl in this forum. Maybe they're less confident in their math and decide to read the thread for the correct answer before voting? but nah I guess just carry your shame for FTR and make sure we all know about it etc

A. No problem. I think it is helpful at times to explain some math 'tricks' and 'shortcuts' so to speak. It's one of the reasons that I think Sklansky's non-poker posts on 2p2 tend to be pretty good. While it's likely there are many mathematicians out there that understand complex maths better than DS, he has a way of simplifying things so that the layperson can understand it better. I'm glad you were able to get something of value from my post.

B) You're thinking of trikflow

C) Sure thing

D) Let it be very clear that I stopped reading BB.com 6-7 years ago due to the nonsensical discussion, and that I love FTR and have met many good friends from this site. It was intended to be a light-hearted joke with the implication that those on a poker site (a game, in my opinion, heavily based on math) would be more likely to get the problem right.

[wufwugy]

D) Let it be very clear that I stopped reading BB.com 6-7 years ago due to the nonsensical discussion, and that I love FTR and have met many good friends from this site. It was intended to be a light-hearted joke with the implication that those on a poker site (a game, in my opinion, heavily based on math) would be more likely to get the problem right.

Poker forums are full of degens who think wearing sunglasses at dinner is cool, bodybuilding forums are full of nerds who wanna get swole

[Lukie]

A) Wow thanks for the math lesson, cuz like, totally, no one mentioned how this maffs is sposed' to be done in this thread already!

B) Cool trick, are you part asian or something?!

C) Wao thanks

D) There are any number of reasons why your meathead internet buddies score higher on a "math test" than the ppl in this forum. Maybe they're less confident in their math and decide to read the thread for the correct answer before voting? but nah I guess just carry your shame for FTR and make sure we all know about it etc

... if you think my point is that the people saying that the answer is 288 are wrong, than you clearly don't know anything.

I answered that it was 288.

... if you think I believe they all came to the same conclusion by coincidence than I am left to only believe that I am not talking to an actual human being.

I wish I wouldn't read any further through your post and I now feel like I owe spoon something because he's right about how awesome it is that argument spreads on the internet because of this question.

It doesn't matter what we agree, you fool! If we insert only one person who doesn't agree, then where are we? There is no truth between which order of operations is correct. That is the point. I am filling with frustration.


Again, I am not saying this. I am saying that others are saying this. Wow, please read the freaking thread.


Duh, it's an analogy. I'm glad that you think they're both correct because it's a good analogy to what we're talking about right now. Both 2 and 288 are correct. More correct is that the original problem is ambiguous.


From the guy in this thread who said he was taught multiplication by juxta was the proper order of operations. I went through the internet and discovered that yes some people had learned that way and I further found that there was no way to say either way was more correct.

Just for humor's sake

[JoeHaw]

You old farts can say its 288 all you want but ask high school or college level classroom and they'll say it's 2. That notation (the two being right outside the parenthesis with no multiplication sign) is acknowledged in academia as a grouping of the two factors.

This problem NEVER comes up though because nobody uses slashes OR division signs anymore instead a long bar (like a fraction) is used to separate the two top to bottom.

[spoonitnow]

You old farts can say its 288 all you want but ask high school or college level classroom and they'll say it's 2. That notation (the two being right outside the parenthesis with no multiplication sign) is acknowledged in academia as a grouping of the two factors.

This problem NEVER comes up though because nobody uses slashes OR division signs anymore instead a long bar (like a fraction) is used to separate the two top to bottom.

lol wow

[Rage2100]

48/2(9+3)

I would do the brackets first to get:-

48/2(12)

Next, I would do the division to get:-

24(12)

Then, multiply together to get:-

288

That's the way I was taught to do it anyway!