Maths Disagreement

[TulaOfDarkWater]

One person thinks the answer is 165 and the other thinks 67, who is right?

YABU - 165
YANBU - 67

Or what’s the answer if both are wrong?

Ignore BODMAS because working left to right takes precedence over going right then switching back L to R

Jesus titty-fucking Christ

@Twitchyeye

88, the clock shows 2 in the last image - 3 in the previous ones 3 bananas in each bunch - 4 in the previous ones 11 sides in the last shape - 15 in the previous ones 2+3+3x11 2+3 = 5 +3 = 8 x11 = 88

No!! Just read the explanations on here. It has been posted a hundred times.

Multiplication first!!

3 × 11 is 33.
Then you add the 3 and the 3 to get 38.

It is not 88.

*the 3 and 2

I got 38!

Brackets
Order
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction.

And yet numerous people have put down all kinds of answers yet you chose to bitch at mine?@Itsalmostanaccessory

Unfortunately there's two types of maths. The stuff we did in schools years ago when you worked left to right unless there were brackets, this new maths means to do things in a particular order.

Who decided this way was better? So it's possible to be two "correct" answers depending on when you went to school.

I voted 165, then noticed that the clock faces were not telling the same time, the bunches of bananas are ambiguously drawn, so not clear if there are 3 or 4, and the number of vertices in the grey shapes are different; you could interpret them as pentagon+square+hexagon (3 regular shapes) and pentagon+hexagon (2 regular shapes) or 15 vertices and 13 vertices.
Too many variables to make a logical question or answer possible.

@GettingStuffed

Unfortunately there's two types of maths. The stuff we did in schools years ago when you worked left to right unless there were brackets, this new maths means to do things in a particular order.

Who decided this way was better? So it's possible to be two "correct" answers depending on when you went to school.

I was born in 1973 and was taught to do × and ÷ first before + and - . Its not new

@GettingStuffed

Unfortunately there's two types of maths. The stuff we did in schools years ago when you worked left to right unless there were brackets, this new maths means to do things in a particular order.

Who decided this way was better? So it's possible to be two "correct" answers depending on when you went to school.

No. Maths has not changed for centuries. Always worked by BODMAS.

I checked a 1970s textbook and it teaches BIDMAS. Always been that way.

It's clear people have been taught badly/dont remember/just really bad at maths and have blocked out not knowing.

@twoshedsjackson

Even if the symbols did not change, it would never be 165. Pay attention to the order.

Multiply first. Only the 2 numbers because the multiplication sign. Then add the leftover numbers. You dont just start at the beginning. You do multiplication before addition.

@twoshedsjackson

I voted 165, then noticed that the clock faces were not telling the same time, the bunches of bananas are ambiguously drawn, so not clear if there are 3 or 4, and the number of vertices in the grey shapes are different; you could interpret them as pentagon+square+hexagon (3 regular shapes) and pentagon+hexagon (2 regular shapes) or 15 vertices and 13 vertices. Too many variables to make a logical question or answer possible.

thank god someone agrees with me.

2+3+3×11

Clock says 2, there's only 3 bananas in each bunch instead of 4, and 11 sides instead of 15 in the shape (hexagon and pentagon but no square).
So if you use bodmas the answer is either
2+3+(3×11)=5+33=38

Or if you

Unfortunately there's two types of maths. The stuff we did in schools years ago when you worked left to right unless there were brackets, this new maths means to do things in a particular order.

Are you 300 years old?

@Pedalpushers

I got 38!

Me too, you need to look closely at how many bananas there are, plus the time on the clock and how many sides in the shapes

38 provided the shape relates to the addition of all the sides, so hexagon + pentagon = 11

Whoops! Missed the multiplication sign...

Honestly, there has only ever been one right way to do order of operations in the absence of brackets. Agreed it is easy to get wrong which is why everyone prefers to use brackets! Depending on your outlook, part of the appeal or frustration of maths is that opinion is irrelevant

@GettingStuffed

Unfortunately there's two types of maths. The stuff we did in schools years ago when you worked left to right unless there were brackets, this new maths means to do things in a particular order.

Who decided this way was better? So it's possible to be two "correct" answers depending on when you went to school.

How old are you? I'm 43 and learned BODMAS and so did my parents who are in their 60s.

surely it is 26.

@NeedToBeBrave1

surely it is 26.

I dont even know how 26 has now been suggested. Just... how?

Unless this came from the mensa puzzle book ,looking at minor differences in the symbols is over complicating.
Hexagon =15
Banana=4
Clock = 3
Clock + banana + banana × hexagon
= 3 + 4 + 4 ×15.
4×15 Is done first
using Bodmas the answer is 67
There is no 'other' type of maths, just wrong maths.

Sorry, 67. I miss read the last Equation.

X+X+X=45
Y+Y+X=23
Y+Z+Z=10

So: X=15. Y=4 and Z=3.

Z+Y+YX=3+4+(154)=7+60=67

ohhh. this is fun for a Friday evening.

@NeedToBeBrave1

The symbols are different in the last one.

It isnt
3 + 4 + 4 × 15

It is 2 + 3 + 3 × 11
(The clock face shows 2, there are 3 bananas in each bunch and there are 11 sides of the shapes left after removing the square). It is 38.

Both wrong. It’s 38.

Last row row is 2 + 3 + (3(5+6))
2 + 3 + 3(11)
2 + 3 + 33 = 38

Bananas have 3 on them, not 4 like other rows.
Pentagon shape thing is missing a square on only 15 in others if you add the sides of the shapes inside (hex,pent, square =15). On bottom is only hex+ pent =11.

Then the rules of bodmass means the multiple trumps the addition so do that first