48÷2(9+3) = ????

[RHDskyline]

i Love how people on this forum are calling other people down because of a FRICKIN math question. Did it occur to you that some people here chose a line of work that doesn't include math, or if it does, very simple math.


Like think of the average job. When do you need to do questions like the one the OP asked. If you think about it. the Majority of jobs that people have. It uses simple math. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division.

Of course there are a lot of jobs out there that require more. Like fractions, decimals, exponents, angles, circumference.

BUT THE MAJORITY DON'T

Congratulations if you figured the answer out. Get your mom to give you a pat on the back. Cause that's all you deserve.

If you didn't figure it out. Don't sweat it. Its not that big of deal.


The nerve of the people on this forum. Calling people down cause they didn't answer a question correctly.

Take a second...or two. And grow up

[Snake556]

Gaddammit math!

[amnash]

O YA! lets see you guys figure this out..EINSTEINS!

3+2+1=?

umm...8?

[amnash]

writen fine. simple BEDMAS

[pocketkid]

DAMN going over this my mind just blew up!

BEDMAS, yes you will do the brackets first, but you do the division and multiplication before any add or sub. if there are both division and multiplication in the same equation, then you do which ever one comes first by reading it left to right.

1.Brackets: (9+3) = 12 eq: 48/2(12)
2.Division: 48/2 = 24 eq: 24(12)
3.multi: 24*12= 288

but if it is written
48
-----
2(9+3)

then the 48 gets reduced to 24 and the 2 is gone. because there are 24 times 2 goes into 48 so...

24
------=2
12

written (48/2)(9+3) you get 288

BUT if you take the derivative of the equation you get 0 so thats really what counts.

Written the way it is, it should be calculated as follows:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)

= 48 ÷ 2(12)
= 48 ÷ 24 [distributive properties are included in the 'B', or 'Brackets' of BEDMAS, so those must be done before division/multiplication]
= 2


You could also do it this way:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)
= 48 ÷ (18 + 6) [you can solve the bracket first, as above, or distribute the coefficient through the bracket first...it doesn't matter]
= 48 ÷ (24)
= 2




Either way, the answer is definitely 2.

[GTS-James]

shi+....... now i see ur logic.....

[our_kid]

Written the way it is, it should be calculated as follows:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)

= 48 ÷ 2(12)
= 48 ÷ 24 [distributive properties are included in the 'B', or 'Brackets' of BEDMAS, so those must be done before division/multiplication]
= 2


You could also do it this way:

48 ÷ 2(9+3)
= 48 ÷ (18 + 6) [you can solve the bracket first, as above, or distribute the coefficient through the bracket first...it doesn't matter]
= 48 ÷ (24)
= 2


Either way, the answer is definitely 2.

[dark_sky]

have you guys never done a skilled testing question on the back of a contest ticket or somthing. of did you just not pass school. this is to funny!!!!! how are you guys with fractions? LOL

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

I got 36 lol.

[cobrAA]

both are good answer. why ? because the equation is wrong.

It's either (2(3+9)) or 2 *(3+9).

end of thread.

[GTS-James]

gtr jon did you put 2 or 288 just curious... cause BEDMAS got me 288............ along with 55% of the other ppl haha

and why the heck is this even up here???

[Tony-R32]

WRONG read my post

Ahh Whatever, was never great at math anyways, Applied FTW! give me numbers and i'll punch them into my fancey calc! haha!

[trickey1991]

O YA! lets see you guys figure this out..EINSTEINS!

3+2+1=?

[gtrjon]

lol i got it wrong, but now that i go back and think about it.

BEDMAS, simple as it gets, division comes before multiplication even after the brackets have been done.

WRONG read my post

[gtrjon]

BEDMAS ftw

lol that has nothing to do with it really. i was always taught Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally PEMDAS that would make the answer 2. But you have to consider with multiplication and division (the same goes for addition and subtraction) the order of operations is the same so you simply go form left to right. order of operations plays no role when considering multiplication/division or addition/subtraction