The Order of Operations...

[nontradguy 2]

scale test before trying something full scale. lol.

Care to take a crack at it?

[transforming jlaroux 78]

14

[loserbob 11]

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 x 0 = ?

Has ANYBODY heard of the order of operations?????

PEMDAS <=============

More people got this wrong on Facebook than people got it right. Aaand you wonder why you scale test before trying something full scale. lol.

Care to take a crack at it?

A big ZERO

[123crod 170]

This has nothing to do with the test, but I wanted to see how you are doing I have not seen a post from you in a long time?

Cheri

[kittyforet 50]

Anything times zero equals zero.

[elcee 3,342]

Never heard of PEDMAS, over here our kids get taught BODMAS.

[cakegirl 12]

14?

[Mindy! 3]

I know it's been a week since anyone's replied to this, but I need to bump this because an explanation is needed.

Order of operations suggests that you should deal with multiplication first. Meaning, get the 1 x 0 out of the way first and foremost. That leaves you with 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1+1+1+1+1. Which equals 14. :biggrin3:

[elcee 3,342]

You can add as many "1s" as you want it won't change the answer - it is x zero and anything times zero is always zero!

[Mindy! 3]

That's not how math works... It only applies to the number directly before it.

[elcee 3,342]

Looking at it again and the sum would make far more sense if it had brackets in , the lack thereof is what leads to the confusion!