This problem went viral and generated millions of comments on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and social media sites. The problem What is 48÷2(9+3) = ? We explain how to get the correct answer by using the modern interpretation of the order of operations. We also explain how you would get a different answer under historical usage … Read more
Everyone is arguing about this problem, The problem involves the order of operations, historical math notation, and binary expression trees. Glad to see the world is passionate about mathematics! Here is a 1917 article from “The American Mathematical Monthly” that explains the usage of the division symbol as an exception to the order of operations … Read more
This problem has been shared on Facebook and Twitter millions of times and confused many people. What is 7 + 7÷7 + 7×7 – 7 = ? In this video. We present two different methods of solving for the correct answer.