6-1x0+2÷2 = ?

[the_bob_delusion]

let's see who can get this right. 

I did BTW:-D

[rabbitearbandicoot]

I may be losing it, but it's been over 50 years since I did simple arithmetic, but at least that bit  seems to have stuck ... thank goodness.

I had never heard of the BODMAS rule but, there has only ever been 1 correct answer to:

6-1x0+2/2 

50 years ago it was 7, today it is 7 and any time into the future it will be 7.

the only way you could get any different answer is by placing '(..)' around some of the calculations to over-ride the natural arithmetic.

it is the same as writing

6 - (1x0) + (2/2) ; ie 6 - 0 + 1 = 7

different answers would be correct if any of the following are used:

(6-1) x 0 + 2 / 2 = 1

(6-1) x (0 + 2) / 2 = 5

(6-1) x (0 + 2 / 2) = 5

[the_bob_delusion]

when did a simple math question go for over a hundred posts???

[chuk_77]

spare a thought for those who had exploding head syndrome at the question, 

😐

[the_bob_delusion]

it baffles me how some people manage to get 6, or 3.5???

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

when did a simple math question go for over a hundred posts???

When people who can't do mathematics attempt to justify their totally incorrect answers.

BTW, it's not math.

In Australia we use maths or mathematics.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

When people who can't do mathematics attempt to justify their totally incorrect answers.

BTW, it's not math.

In Australia we use maths or mathematics.

Hi buzz. I think even if you used math (USA) it would be the same answer.;-)

[the_great_she_elephant]

Hi buzz. I think even if you used math (USA) it would be the same answer.;-)

As I seem to remember saying once in another thread the truth is the truth regardless of how many people deny it.;-)

[vampire-teddy]

i learned the bodmas rule in school also which gives the correct answer

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

After arriving at the correct answer yesterday ....I was interested that many found alternative answers to this sum.

I showed my 12 year old daughter, and asked how she would work it out.

Immediately, she placed brackets around the multiplication and division, and said the answer is 7.  😄

She also said, she has had to show at least three of her teachers how to correctly set out sums like this, and apply BODMAS....:-(  

Thankfully, she's smarter then they are!!

[icyfroth]

Well I'm hopeless at maths and get by in life with simple addition, multiplication and subtraction.

I looked at that sum yesterday morning and came up with the answer 7 and thought nah can't be right if I post that they'll only think I copied it from the first poster.

So I posted what I thought was a sarcastic comment instead :^O.

Now I come back much later and find I was right 😮

Thanks Bob, that was fun!