Just end this already ....

6/2 = 3
2+1 = 3
Multiply the 2 cuz brackets

thats what i think

According to Wikipedia, but not what I remember from school, I am wrong. It should be 6/2*3 and read left to right?

It's because people don't know how PEMDAS/BEDMAS work rofl. They think you have to do the multiplication before the division.

No you dont ... Lol

If it works for you, Start with INSIDE the bracket first
work your way out
multiply

This post was edited by Mustang69 on May 4 2011 05:33pm

Obviously. I posted a link that cleared it up for a few people and they stopped posting rofl.

I forgot this. I must have been wrong all along. This calls for "insert hurtful words here".

lol.

I do my math differently than most ppl, ive got my gr.12 college/universitly level math, what the teacher taught didnt do shit for me =\ I always had to rethink it and teach my self lol

If one goes by PEMDAS, then the multiplication is done first. I was taught this, but I just now read that I was taught wrong! Wikipedia explained, "Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common. It stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. If PEMDAS is followed without remembering that multiplication and division have the same weight, and addition and subtraction have the same weight. Doing multiplication before division, can give the wrong answer. So can doing addition before subtraction. Some grade school books teach this incorrectly. For example: 6÷2×3 = 9, not 1. 6-2+3 = 7, not 1."
I was taught wrong...

This post was edited by L4d on May 4 2011 05:36pm

it's 9. wolfram told me so. wolfram is never wrong.

The standard order of operations, or precedence, is expressed here:

terms inside parenthesis
exponents and roots
multiplication and division
addition and subtraction


This post was edited by et3rnal on May 4 2011 05:36pm