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Post #4243269
What is your answer to 18Γ·3x2=? Boosts appreciated No, this isn't a trick question. An oft-cited blog has made the claim that "most humans" will get the wrong answer, which I think is a completely ridiculous claim, so I want hard data on the split. Unlike some other polls I've run, I want #teachers and #students to answer also, since you all come under "most humans" :-) #Mathematics #Maths #Math #arithmetic #OrderOfOperations #poll #education #school
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Post #4114491
6/7 Where we can clearly see Cajori using a:(bc) and a:bc as equivalent expressions, which is precisely because bc=(b X c) BY DEFINITION, as already discussed at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110846452267056791. This was what Lennes failed to understand - he kept calling Products "Multiplication", even though it's IN BRACKETS, and thus done in the BRACKETS step, as he observed every textbook doing. He said it was an "exception to the rule", whereas in fact it's...
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Post #2193803
Wow. Admittedly I still teach this, but didn&#39;t think remembering how to do long division would be all that difficult. This has got me curious. Do you remember how to do long division? (no answers from current students/teachers please) #poll boosts appreciated. Try 100Γ·4 if you want to try it out and see if it comes back to you https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/kids-year-big-exams-anxieties-ai-long-division
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Post #1027903
1/x #MathsMonday #Maths #Math Over time I&#39;ve saved many screenshots of #AI #slop #aiSlop stuffing up #Mathematics big time, and on occasion I&#39;ve had cause to reshare them, and at times I have cursed that I can only attach 4 pics per post. Then I realised, what am I worried about - just post them all in a thread and then I can just link to the thread (or individual screenshots), and can add to it as more come up π P.S. feel free to reply with more I hereby present to you, AI&...