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Maffs

Posted: February 14th, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: Vintage | | Comments Off

Have a go at this simple sum….

1 + 2 + 3 x 4

What’s your answer?

No Comments on “Maffs”

  1. 1 ncotton @ TTUK said at 3:03 am on March 23rd, 2006:

    15

  2. 2 Stumpy said at 9:05 am on April 6th, 2006:

    If answer was 15, then it would read 1 + 2 + (3 x 4)

  3. 3 wolf said at 7:29 am on April 16th, 2006:

    24

  4. 4 Justin said at 12:01 pm on April 21st, 2006:

    15.

    PEMDAS

    No parenthesis, no exponents.. there is multiplication;

    1 + 2 + 3 x 4

    1 + 2 + 12

    no division.. there is addition;

    1 + 2 + 12

    15

    P.S. Nice site. =)

  5. 5 Pete said at 12:11 pm on April 21st, 2006:

    In my opinion, the answer is 15 for the reasons stated by Justin. There is a set order for completing any equation.

    Though in the UK the rule is sometimes taught as BODMAS

    Brackets

    Order

    Division

    Multiplication

    Addition

    Subtraction

    This means that you solve anything in brackets first but if there are no brackets then you proceed in the order indicated by the rule.