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[Purplefluffybunny]

So, yeah, from chatting to people and having seen some pump out some calculations by hand, I feel the need to share the knowledge and state that knowing what the acronyms BIDMAS or BODMAS means, might help others also get a competitive edge.

Incidentally which one do people prefer, 'indices' or 'order'?

[Koreanese]

??

[Ryvucz]

I prefer BOHICA.

[Purplefluffybunny]

Koreanese, on 28 April 2013 - 09:17 PM, said:

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It is just a little saying in maths to inform the order in which calculations are done. I noted some were failing in their own calculations.

[Pyrrho]

PEMDAS - (p)arenthesis, (e)xponents, (m)ultiplication/(d)ivision, (a)ddition/(s)ubtraction: the way I learned the order of mathematical operations.

[hammerreborn]

Pyrrho, on 29 April 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

PEMDAS - (p)arenthesis, (e)xponents, (m)ultiplication/(d)ivision, (a)ddition/(s)ubtraction: the way I learned the order of mathematical operations.

This.

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

[Mason Grimm]

We always called it BEDMAS - Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

[Soy]

what the **** is this thread about

[Mota]

Soy, on 29 April 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:

what the **** is this thread about

Proper math...

[Pyrrho]

Soy, this thread is about math.

1+2*3 = 7

(1+2)*3 = 9

For the explanation of why, refer to the above discussion about the "order of mathematical operations". If reading comprehension is the issue, I cannot help in words over the internet.

[Soy]

you don't need math to ******* dominate.

[Pyrrho]

You apparently require large font sizing to be heard, which requires math to produce.

Math lets you dominate the forums.

[Purplefluffybunny]

I have found it very interesting to read about all the other little ways people were taught this.

Yes Soy you are right you don't need math. Just a lot of time and perhaps MC to get an edge i.e. unlocks etc. etc.

[Zerberus]

Soy, on 29 April 2013 - 01:17 PM, said:

you don't need math to ******* dominate.

Then again, without math you would be screaming this at a tree or cave wall instead of typing it on a computer...

Edited by Zerberus, 30 April 2013 - 08:58 AM.

[Soy]

Without math I would've been leaving high school earlier in the afternoon, and saved a bit of cash in college, that's about it.

**** math. Without math tax man wouldn't poop on you! See, always 2 sides to a coin.

If you want to get reaaallly hypoethetical about it, I wouldn't exist if it weren't for my parents gettin it on, and I doubt my dad or mom spit much game about mathematical formulas or equations when they were courting.

Edited by Soy, 30 April 2013 - 09:05 AM.

[slash b slash]

[Pyrrho]

Without math, the tax man would put you in federal prison for claiming that you paid -z#&@( in taxes.

[KyBr2K]

Nationality = (British)? BIDMAS/BODMAS : PEMDAS;

[HammerForge]

1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0+1=

It's amazing how many people get things like this wrong...and it isn't even hard! Makes me fear for society.

[Purplefluffybunny]

HammerForge, on 30 April 2013 - 05:30 PM, said:

1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0+1=

It's amazing how many people get things like this wrong...and it isn't even hard! Makes me fear for society.

What is the answer then?