I don't know what's going on here but it frightens and confuses me.

I'm sorry, but I'm a little drunk

/it's not safe to drink and derive

Confabulat: I don't know what's going on here but it frightens and confuses me.

PEMDAS, my friend

Conventions have changed..and a poorly presented equation is open to interpretations.

optikeye: a poorly presented equation is open to interpretations.

As it's written in the headline it's not poorly presented at all

6/2(1+2)

Order of Operation says perform the operation in parentheses first

6/2(3)

Now since the only operations left are division and multiplication, perform those from left to right

6/2 = 3

So we are left with

3(3) = 9

It couldn't be more clear.

Meet Us at the Stick: Confabulat: I don't know what's going on here but it frightens and confuses me.

PEMDAS, my friend

I was taught it as BEDMAS, but yeah, same basic principle.

That's Numberwang!

Meet Us at the Stick: optikeye: a poorly presented equation is open to interpretations.

As it's written in the headline it's not poorly presented at all

6/2(1+2)

Order of Operation says perform the operation in parentheses first

6/2(3)

Now since the only operations left are division and multiplication, perform those from left to right

6/2 = 3

So we are left with

3(3) = 9

It couldn't be more clear.

Okay, I see we're done here.

Order of operation means
6/2*3 = 9
6/(2*3) = 1

SoothinglyDeranged: Meet Us at the Stick: Confabulat: I don't know what's going on here but it frightens and confuses me.

PEMDAS, my friend

I was taught it as BEDMAS, but yeah, same basic principle.

I say Parentheses, You say Brackets, let's call the whole thing off! ;)

Anyway, it is clearly written from a "learn the order of operations so you don't screw up when using a calculator" standpoint, but it is terribly written from a mathematically aesthetic standpoint. Unless I were testing my kids on P/BEMDAS, I would write it differently in order to specifically prevent confusion. Probably something like (6/2)(1+2) or 6(1+2)/2 or something like that.

/teach 7th grade math in Thailand

2+2=Derp

If math were easy it'd be your mom.

6/2(3) is really:

  6  
----- (3)
  2  

which is 9.

/whatdidiwin?

Please excuse my dear aunt sally.
6/2(1+2) = 1

/Problem solved.

mamoru: SoothinglyDeranged: Meet Us at the Stick: Confabulat: I don't know what's going on here but it frightens and confuses me.

PEMDAS, my friend

I was taught it as BEDMAS, but yeah, same basic principle.

I say Parentheses, You say Brackets, let's call the whole thing off! ;)

Anyway, it is clearly written from a "learn the order of operations so you don't screw up when using a calculator" standpoint, but it is terribly written from a mathematically aesthetic standpoint. Unless I were testing my kids on P/BEMDAS, I would write it differently in order to specifically prevent confusion. Probably something like (6/2)(1+2) or 6(1+2)/2 or something like that.

/teach 7th grade math in Thailand

Considering younger Americans (including middle-schoolers, high-schoolers and, unfortunately, college students) can't add 6+8 without their calculators, it's incumbent on teachers to make sure they can at least use them correctly.

Meet Us at the Stick: optikeye: a poorly presented equation is open to interpretations.

As it's written in the headline it's not poorly presented at all

6/2(1+2)

Order of Operation says perform the operation in parentheses first

6/2(3)

Now since the only operations left are division and multiplication, perform those from left to right

6/2 = 3

So we are left with

3(3) = 9

It couldn't be more clear.

Exactly. I actually did it in my head, looking at the headline, and came up with the correct answer.

SweetSaws: Could someone explain how that could possibly = 2?

Apple is keeping the other 7 for themselves.

Even if you were right subby, that would still leave 1 for the chandelier, one for the singing telegram girl and 7 for the people who didn't get your reference

According to my calculator, the answer is Lo Bat

You guys are missing the real point here, which is that if the iPhone says it's 2, it's 2.

Is this like "What's the square root of 69?"

Mearen: SurfaceTension: 6/2(3) is really:

  6  
----- (3)
  2  

which is 9.

The way it's written is 6/ 2*3 = 1. There's no space after the 2 so it's not written as 6 halves.

Spaces have no mathematical meaning. You lose. Good day, sir.