Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
I swear I was never taught the order of operations in school, and I was excellent in math. I didn't learn about it until a similar thread popped up earlier this year.
Ya! For those of you who have firefox browser and don't know the answer. Just highlight the problem and right click and scroll down to Search for google "1+1+1+1..." to get the answer. Gotta love the internet!
Let's post a problem phrased in a way to try and trip up someone because of its length and order of operations. I took 5th grade math 20 years ago.