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40+40x0+1 ?

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minimuffy · 09/11/2011 19:48

40 + 40 x 0 + 1 =

A- 1
B- 41
c- 0

I say its B-41 as you need to multiply then add. (from what i remember of standard grade maths the acroymym BOMDAS- brackets off, multiply, divide, add, subtract)

DH says its 1.

please tell he's wrong!

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HazleNutt · 10/11/2011 06:48

So let's see if we got it.

there is another one on FB now,
5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 =

20
0
15
40

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minimuffy · 09/11/2011 22:37

everyone is with DH with bayge!!!!!!!!!! :(

ooo second good deed of the day. My first one was calling back the tax credit people after updating DHs new employment details to say that the man who i spoke to was lovely and helpful and could his manager be made aware Grin

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ohnoshedittant · 09/11/2011 22:35

oh and I'm with your DH on the bayge (didn't partake in the original thread)

ohnoshedittant · 09/11/2011 22:34

do you think this will spark run of 'maths trolls' where they argue 2x3= 12 and 7,000 poster scream NOOOO!

minimuffy I think you could put this on the good deeds thread 'educated several people (inc DH) about BODMAS'.

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minimuffy · 09/11/2011 22:31

endo, theres a medic from my work on my fb and she got it wrong too!

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minimuffy · 09/11/2011 22:31

i pronounced it with a bee sound at the start as opposed to the bay sound you all say it has! me- beege, DH and you lot- bayge

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 09/11/2011 22:29

It's 41. And I'm surprised at the lack of maths knowledge among my facebook friends, hardly any of them got it.

lazydog · 09/11/2011 22:28

Why, how did you pronounce beige?? :o

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minimuffy · 09/11/2011 22:23

10 pages! wtf!

at least we now have a convert and have educated several on bodmas!

plus, proved that i was right, unlike the time you all agreed with DH on what the correct pronunciation of beige was and if 'the back of 7' meant before or after....

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PacificDogwood · 09/11/2011 22:20

Much as I am entirely mortified to the nth degree for my initial wrong answer Blush, I do totally agree that the only possible correct answer is 41.

So ner.

Nevertooearlyforcake · 09/11/2011 22:15

There isn't a range of correct answers here, there is only one and it's 41. Am quite surprised that so many answered other than this. Was BIDMAS when I were a lass...

ohnoshedittant · 09/11/2011 22:13

It's 41. I only have a GCSE, but that's really all I need given that this is covered in primary school.

Itsjustafleshwound · 09/11/2011 22:02

But you can't just put brackets in !!!

It isn't like reading - you don't just do the maths from left to right (as you read in English) - there are RULES!!

The nicest thing about maths is that there is no real room for wriggling - there is no word for a maths pendant !

TeamDamon · 09/11/2011 21:59

Am now pondering brackets and how many possible answers there are:

(40 + 40) x 0 +1
40 + (40 x 0) + 1
40 + 40 x (0 + 1)
and so on...

coastgirl · 09/11/2011 21:58

Loving the maths one-upwomanship here - A* at GCSE, A level, maths degree, maths teacher...

Actually I have decided it is only 41 if the Queen of Maths says it is Grin

LeBOF · 09/11/2011 21:49

I would love to understand maths better. I managed a B at GCSE, but it was a struggle. Give me a poem and I can deal with that, but not numbers. I am immensely proud of dd1's love for maths- she wants to do Further Maths at A Level next year. She certainly doesn't get that from home!

pointythings · 09/11/2011 21:46

It's 41 because there are no brackets. End of.
(DD Yr6 doing BIDMAS) at school)

If there were brackets, you could get several answers depending on where yo put them. Isn't maths fun?

StrandedBear · 09/11/2011 21:45

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LeBOF · 09/11/2011 21:44

Ah, now I understand, thanks. My bra size comment was to the rounding up to the nearest even number.

schnitzelvoncrumm · 09/11/2011 21:44
  1. And I have a maths degree.
lazydog · 09/11/2011 21:43

That was in response to your earlier, non-bra post LeBOF Grin

lazydog · 09/11/2011 21:42

LeBOF - that's correct. The only time I've heard reference to 2+2=5 is to explain the dangers of the inaccuracy that can be introduced into a result by over-enthusiastic rounding!

LeBOF · 09/11/2011 21:41

Lazydog- I think that only applies applies to bra sizes Grin

lazydog · 09/11/2011 21:40

An accepted convention, though, I thought?

Xales · 09/11/2011 21:40

It's 41 if no one has actually given the answer and I did math a long looooooong time ago Grin