SBA #119 maths
2026-05-13 14:13 UTC
Replies (4)
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@pennomi@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 14:45
I don’t think I ever used a divide symbol like that beyond elementary school. In practice always use fraction style notation for division because it’s not ambiguous or a gotcha.
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@brown567@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-14 08:35
6 2 ÷ 1 2 + × Or 6 2 1 2 + × ÷ for Patrick
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@remon@ani.social 2026-05-13 14:18
Well, Patrick IS an idiot … so it checks out?
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@AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 2026-05-14 07:23
The P in PEMDAS just means resolve what’s inside the parentheses first. After that, it’s just simple multiplication with adjacent terms, and multiplication and division happen together left to right. 6÷2(1+2) 6÷2(3) 3(3) 9