# 48/2(9+3) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162 "2011-04-12T13:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/21 "2011-04-12T14:02:02Z")
HAHA of course there’s this: [https://youtu.be/bwpWw-iVKHc](https://youtu.be/bwpWw-iVKHc) ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/22 "2011-04-12T14:32:06Z")
please excuse my dear aunt sally ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/23 "2011-04-12T14:41:00Z")
we can all agree that the parenthesis is first, so let’s rewrite as 48/2\*12 Let X=48 Let Y=2 Let Z=12 The whole issue boils down to this **X/Y\*Z** PEDMAS should actually be written as P E (DM) (AS) indicating that multiplcation/division and addition/subtraction when not specified by vertical fraction notation, are to be performed from left to right. So X/Y\*Z = (X/Y)_Z != X/(Y_Z). 288 ---
**Author:** ![KhoiFish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoifish/32/5409_2.png) [@KhoiFish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KhoiFish)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/24 "2011-04-12T14:55:18Z")
LOL @ the hitler video. It is 288 though. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/25 "2011-04-12T15:42:05Z")
It’s clearly 288. I know because I learned PEMDAS all three years I was in the 5th grade. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/26 "2011-04-12T15:43:36Z")
At least you remembered it! ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/27 "2011-04-12T15:49:59Z")
> [@livin4hockey](#): > > At least you remembered it! I know. Stupid people. Always having to learn them somethings. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/28 "2011-04-12T16:07:09Z")
![http://i.imgur.com/tzFGO.png](http://i.imgur.com/tzFGO.png) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/29 "2011-04-12T17:40:36Z")
PEMDAS 48/2(9+3) \<- parenthesis (inside you follow order of pendas again too) 48/2(12) \<- no exponents, multiply 48/24 \<— divide 2 ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/30 "2011-04-12T17:53:28Z")
![http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/helicoptor-will-it-take-off.thumbnail.jpg](http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/helicoptor-will-it-take-off.thumbnail.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/31 "2011-04-12T18:29:55Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > PEMDAS > > 48/2(9+3) \<- parenthesis (inside you follow order of pendas again too) > **48/2(12) \<- no exponents, multiply** > 48/24 \<— divide > > 2 I don’t even know if people are trying to be funny anymore. But this is your mistake right here. When it comes down to just multiplication and division, you do them in the order that they are given from left to right (just as you read the English language). Therefore, you would divide 48 by 2 FIRST to get 24 and then multiply 24 times 12 SECOND, to get your final answer of 288. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/32 "2011-04-12T20:25:09Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > ![http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/helicoptor-will-it-take-off.thumbnail.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/3/1371385d86311c3a0030233e5a6e499cb7a9124d.jpeg) Why am I only seeing this picture now? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/33 "2011-04-12T20:31:44Z")
Answer is 2… according to pemdas. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/34 "2011-04-12T20:33:18Z")
![http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9549/headasplode.jpg](http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9549/headasplode.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KhoiFish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoifish/32/5409_2.png) [@KhoiFish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KhoiFish)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/35 "2011-04-12T20:36:33Z")
It’s either multiplication OR division - whichever comes first from left to right. So it doesn’t matter if it’s pemdas or bedmas. In this case the division precedes the multiplication reading from the left, so you do that first. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/36 "2011-04-12T21:16:33Z")
BEDMAS sounds like “Bed Mass” in my mind, therefor putting the image of a bunch of people in a bed praying. Which is super creepy. PEMDAS (what I’ve been taught) reminds me of candy. I like candy. I’m using this clusterfuck tomorrow with my studyhall, it’ll be interesting to see what they get. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/37 "2011-04-12T21:21:16Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > I love my TI-86. Been using it since High School. > ORDER OF OPERATIONS > The TI-86 follows the order of operations, however the data must be input correctly. > Recall : Order of Operations follow: > Parenthesis > Exponents > Multiplication – Division (left to right as they occur) > Addition – Subtraction (left to right as they occur) > And hence PEMDAS [http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/koukout/ti86workshop.pdf](http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/koukout/ti86workshop.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/38 "2011-04-12T21:28:28Z")
ti85 ftw! ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162/39 "2011-04-13T06:06:14Z")
I do miss tetris and jezzball on my calculator. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/211162.md?page=1)