40+40x0+1 ?

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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!

others faster than me - am watching masterchef at the same time (poncey dish being cooked)

I've just asked DS (12 yo old in Yr 7)

He says 41 because you multiply first, then add.
(I thought it was 1, so did DH)
DS gave me the "don't you know anything muvver" look

fastweb that appears to be the stuff of nightmares! i shall not sleep tonight!

a.1 as any number times by 0 is 0

These days it's BIDMAS.....
Brackets
Indices
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

First, multiply 40 by 0 =0
Add 40 to 0 = 40
add 1 to 40 = 41.

Type it into Wolfram. It'll tell you 41.

You could however write it thusly: (40 + 40) * 0 + 1 = 1, but only with those brackets there.

exactly Jux and if there arent brackets you can't just randomly invent them.

What does the asterix mean in that context?

Maths is so fab!

The answer is of course 41.

Am gobsmacked by the fact that there is even a debate about this and that the debate runs to 7 pages! I'm sure in Finland or China every educated person could answer this simple question. Maths teaching is not good enough in the UK by a long shot.

multiply is also indicatd by an asterix

The asterix is just a multiplication sign - used to avoid confusion with x (if you're writing an equation, for example).

Excel (which I just happened to have open, am supposed to be working) says it is 41.

For all the reasons outlined above.

Case closed.

Ah, I see, thank you. I've never come across that before.

A -1 natch

Multiplication before addition always, unless brackets dictate otherwise.

Is there actually an accredited answer to this??

It's 1 isn't it???

when you are writing computer code you use * as a multiplication symbol too.

reading it from the right = 80
Reading it from the left = 1
Applying maths principles = 41

Gah, I ment 41, honest I did

I am shocked that so many people don't know this is 41!

Surely this is basic yr7 maths?

1000000000000% sure it's 41 !

Just reread my post at appalling pomposity

No, you can't just chuck brackets in willy-nilly because you want to. I did it just to demo.

Maths is fab. I'm doing an OU maths thing right now. Spent all today and all yesterday with one problem in front of me. Did it 10 times if I did it once! Wouldn't come out despite large tufts of hair sacrificed to it. Tears ran in furrows down my cheeks. Have to submit something so went to write up the rubbish I'd produced and lo! All of a sudden there were the figures jumping out at me and waving with ice-creams in their hands. Now, that is one question for the assignment I know I've got right!!!!!

We don't need an "accredited answer", the answer is 41 because THAT'S THE ANSWER.

41

(accredited maths teacher)

:)

Also some calculators give different answers because some are basic ones and don't apply BODMAS, some are clever and do.

According to me its 1. According to my calculator its 41.