48 questions linked to/from What is 48÷2(9+3)?
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### Order of Operations: What is value of the $6/4*4\;$? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is 48÷2(9+3)? My friend asked me value of expression 16/4*4. So what is value of 16/4*4? Is ...
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### Precedence of concatenation: Is $5/7y$ equal to $(5/7)\times y$ or $5/(7\times y)$? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Do values attached to integers have implicit parentheses? What is 48÷2(9+3)? What is “multiplication by juxtaposition”? What is the precedence of the ...
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### Casio Calculators Give 2 Different Answers [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is 48÷2(9+3)? Sorry if this has already been asked, my searches were fruitless... There's been a buzz lately about the different results given by two different ...
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### Basic error in order of operations [duplicate]

I know this is a very serious place to put this basic question. But I didn't find an explanation for the same. I know that $ab/ab=b^2$ for all reals with $a\neq0$. But some of my students believe ...
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### What the solve for this sentence?

$6÷2(1+2)=$? $6÷2\times3=9$ We need to solve first the parentheses or we can distribute this way: $6÷(2\times1+2\times2)=$? $6÷(2+4)=$? $6÷6=1$ What is the correct? $9$ or $1$?
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### What is 6%2(2+1) and why? [duplicate]

This one is a classic, but never-the-less, it's been bothering me since I've read several contradicting answers, yet none of them has convinced me completely. So, how do I properly and correclty ...
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### What does this equal? $6\div 2(1+2)$ [duplicate]

How do you figure out what $$6\div 2(2+1)$$ is equal? I get $9$, but some people say $7$ or even $1$ and I don't know how they get that? What does it really equal?
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### Order of computation [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is 48÷2(9+3)? In the field of real numbers, does the expression 10 / 2 * 5 make sense? Is it 25 or 1? Is it a bad question or the order of computation from left-to-...
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### Order of operations for simple sum [duplicate]

6÷2(1+2)? according to PEDMAS, is it 1 or 9? Is the parenthesis operation simply the addition of 1 and two or is it only complete after multiplication?
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### Do we divide first or multiply first if we don't have any other information [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is 48÷2(9+3)? 6/2*(1+2) is 1 or 9? order of operations division Apparently a very simple question but My question basically is, whether the answer of the ...
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### Is 'O' in BODMAS really for 'of'?

We were trying to solve a BODMAS question (with many solutions like always) when I came across this link. https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html For the entire life, I have studied (...
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### Does an inline algebra expression with multiplication in the dividend imply a quantity?

Here's a trivial one. Given the inline algebra expression (2a + b) / 3c imply that the 3c is a quantity, and that the order of operations should be equivalent to (2a + b) / (3c) ? Or should it be ...
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### The equation: 18 ÷ 3 ( 5 - 4 + 1 ) = 3 or 12? (order of operation) [duplicate]

the question might be simple to solve but when entered in google search as: 18/3(5-4+1) you get 12! However, If it was done using the order of operation it is ...
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### Proof of Equality [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is 48÷2(9+3)? I was having a heated debate with my colleague and we can't agree on the answer to this question: Does 6÷2(2+1) equal 9 or does it equal 1?
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### Priority of parentheses and brackets in basic arithmetic.

Wolfram alpha is giving inconsistent results to this problem: When I enter: 16÷2( 8-3(4-2) )+1 the result is 17. When I enter: 16÷2[ 8-3(4-2) ]+1 the result is 5. and 16÷2*[ 8-3(4-2) ]+1 brings ...
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### A simple but ambiguous expression [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Implicit multiplication order of operation What is 48÷2(9+3)? i am so confused after knowing different answer of this ques 48/2(9+3) though google cal comes up with ...