# 48÷2(9+3)=? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862 "2011-04-12T21:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/61 "2011-04-13T06:36:53Z")
What the fuck is that chickenshit bullshit!? ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/62 "2011-04-13T06:40:48Z")
> See the thumbnails in post #46. > > This is a sad state of affairs when two models of calculators (TI 85 and TI 86) from the same company report different answers for exactly the same simple arithmetic expression. :ponder ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/63 "2011-04-13T06:44:06Z")
> [@old video i made](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-video-i-made/41188/33): > > Honestly though I think it really matters when and where you were taught math. I know when I was in school they were switching the entire math curriculum and we were taught multiplication/division and problems a lot differently then previous classes. > > This is how we were taught to multiply: > ![http://www.illinoisloop.org/pix_lattice.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/d/fda49f1f7f397fb19c0274e6a02c8288172f45f9.jpeg) THATS SOME WHACK FUCKING SHIT ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/64 "2011-04-13T06:46:28Z")
> [@old video i made](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-video-i-made/41188/28): > > 288 You always work what is in the parentheses first then work on multipication/division/etc. PEMDAS BITCHES. Really now? As an example, PEMDAS stands for: Parentheses Exponentiation Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction What’s before division? :facepalm > **[48÷2(9+3) = ?](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48293)** > > 48÷2(9+3) = ? is a math problem that leads to two different answers depending on the order of operations used. Since 2011, message board users have debated over whether 2 or 288 is the correct answer to the problem, with no conclusive answer. This... ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_Rita](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yo_rita/32/6450_2.png) [@Yo\_Rita](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Yo_Rita)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/65 "2011-04-13T06:53:45Z")
> [@Vovchandr"](#): > > Really now? > > As an example, PEMDAS stands for: > Parentheses > Exponentiation > Multiplication > Division > Addition > Subtraction > > What’s before division? :facepalm > > [48÷2(9+3) = ? | Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48293) After you work out the problem in the parentheses you then work left to right , so division would actually come first because there is nothing to multiply yet. Once you work out the division problem you can then multiply the two answers together. Multipication and division are kind of just bound together as one. It goes like this: Parentheses is first then you work on multipcation/division THEN and adding/subtraction. Don’t be so anal jeeze. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/66 "2011-04-13T06:55:06Z")
anyways in the link u can clearly read about both methods and understand why they are done they way they are done. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY 288 is the winner ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_Rita](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yo_rita/32/6450_2.png) [@Yo\_Rita](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Yo_Rita)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/67 "2011-04-13T06:55:17Z")
And this: ![http://www.illinoisloop.org/pix_lattice.jpg](http://www.illinoisloop.org/pix_lattice.jpg) Is called lattice multipicaton. This is how I was taught to multiply from elementary school through HS. We never EVER learned how to multiply by using this setup: 12 _x 12_ ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/68 "2011-04-13T07:02:22Z")
Russian math education \> American math education. I was 3 years ahead when came over and sat and reviewed while being in honors/advanced math. With that said. It’s fricken 2! ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/69 "2011-04-13T07:04:44Z")
> [@Vovchandr"](#): > > Really now? > > As an example, PEMDAS stands for: > Parentheses > Exponentiation > Multiplication > Division > Addition > Subtraction > > What’s before division? :facepalm > > [48÷2(9+3) = ? | Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/48293) You’re wrong in this case, ask your math professor. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/70 "2011-04-13T07:05:46Z")
> [@Need Advice ... Good Dual Layer DVD Burner](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-advice-good-dual-layer-dvd-burner/41138/9): > > Russian math education \> American math education. I was 3 years ahead when came over and sat and reviewed while being in honors/advanced math. > > With that said. > > It’s fricken 2! It’s really not. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/71 "2011-04-13T07:12:15Z")
> [@Need Advice ... Good Dual Layer DVD Burner](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-advice-good-dual-layer-dvd-burner/41138/9): > > Russian math education \> American math education. I was 3 years ahead when came over and sat and reviewed while being in honors/advanced math. > > With that said. > > It’s fricken 2! :facepalm noooooooo comon vlad this is silly man, its 288 ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/72 "2011-04-13T07:12:48Z")
Serious facepalm. Russian education. :rofl There’s a russian chick in my math class and she doesn’t know SHIT. Bitch jacked my last test off my desk (take-home) copied a few answers down, and then gave it back without saying thank you. :rofl The professor saw it happen, I looked at her, then him, stunned, and he just gave a reassuring nod and waved his hand :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/73 "2011-04-13T07:13:06Z")
> [@The 5 most annoying programs on your PC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-5-most-annoying-programs-on-your-pc/41095/30): > > And this: > ![http://www.illinoisloop.org/pix_lattice.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/d/fda49f1f7f397fb19c0274e6a02c8288172f45f9.jpeg) > Is called lattice multipicaton. This is how I was taught to multiply from elementary school through HS. We never EVER learned how to multiply by using this setup: > > 12 > _x 12_ what? lettuce math ? FUCK LETTUCE ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/74 "2011-04-13T07:14:28Z")
> [@old video i made](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-video-i-made/41188/45): > > You’re wrong in this case, ask your math professor. This wouldn’t be a world wide debate with half agreeing with me if I was so clearly wrong. You guys are crazy As I remember you guys struts this debate because you couldn’t even agree on the answer yet being part of the same educational system. Let’s ask the Asians. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/75 "2011-04-13T07:15:08Z")
It’s a world wide debate because people are dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/76 "2011-04-13T07:15:11Z")
ok but dude, did you read your OWN link u just posted a few times above ? i mean comon dude ANYWAYS GOOGLE SAYS ITS 288 SO THATS THE TRUTH BITCHES ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/77 "2011-04-13T07:15:25Z")
> [@Zo6 crash](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zo6-crash/41199/6): > > It’s a world wide debate because people are dumb. :rofl +1 ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/78 "2011-04-13T07:16:40Z")
> [@http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/order\_operations.html](#): > > Rule 1: First perform any calculations inside parentheses. > Rule 2: Next perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right. > Rule 3: Lastly, perform all additions and subtractions, working from left to right. /thread In pemdas, multipication and division are equal, as well as addition and subtraction. You go left to right, no exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/79 "2011-04-13T07:17:17Z")
hahahaa GOT EM !!! ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_Rita](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yo_rita/32/6450_2.png) [@Yo\_Rita](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Yo_Rita)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862/80 "2011-04-13T07:20:03Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/41163/13): > > /thread > > In pemdas, multipication and division are equal, as well as addition and subtraction. You go left to right, no exceptions. I’ve already said this but he won’t believe you with his superior russian education :vlad:vlad:vlad [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/48-2-9-3/257862.md?page=5)