The troll force is heavy in this thread. I got 288, but only because I had gone "left-->right" rather then "P-E-M->D-A-S" Both answers could be correct, depending on what decade you were taught in. However in the current decade, the kids are being taught left-->right. Like someone earlier said, it does defeat the whole purpose of PEMDAS being an acronym and trying to make people remember it in order. When I was younger I learned to do it in order, P-E-M-D-A-S, checking off each step of the process as I moved along. However as I got older and moved toward my educational pursuits in law, I fell out of touch with my math skill. So I went to KhanAcademy.org and attempted to teach myself from the ground up. I encountered the above situation when I attempted to solve an order of operations problem on the site by going "multiplication then division (PEM-->DAS)" and the answer came out incorrect. I then watched the tutorial video to figure out why and thus the new rule of "left to right" was learned.
This is why you don't use the ÷ sign. Technically it should be 288. Those who are arguing parentheses first, you do what is inside the parentheses first, not what is attached (multiplied) to it. To be two, it would be written: 48 _____ 2(9+3) Technically multiplication and division carry the same weight in order, but who the **** ever uses the ÷ sign? Is that even a thing? I thought its only use was a button on a calculator.
DINGDINGDINGDING!! The 2(9+3) ties the 2 to the result - in other words, 2(9+3) becomes (2x12) THEN the rest of the equation happens. At least that is how I was taught.
I don't know what you're going on about, these are 2 different problems. Top is -576. Bottom is -4. The bottom problem should have brackets somewhere. In that case, brackets, paranthesis, etc.
So you are claiming that the negative sign right next to the parenthesis does not make the sum of the parentheses negative? 48 ÷ -(9+3) = vs 48 ÷ -1 x (9+3) = vs 48 ÷ (-(9+3)) =
The negative sign next to the parenthesis, like you said is just multiplying by -1. Because there is a "48 ÷ " in front of it, the -1 is multiplied to the whole equation. 48 ÷ -1 x (9+3) = -1 ÷ 48 x (9+3), because multiplication and division are interchangeable.
This seems wrong. Order of multiplication/divisions signs is everything. What Chiev I think is implying also seems wrong though.
