Thread: 48÷2(9+3)
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Old 15-04-2011, 12:30 PM   #13
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Default Re: 48÷2(9+3)

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Originally Posted by buggo_gt
Order of operations
Brackets first, then do the multiply between 2 and 9, no sign is always multiply.
Then 48/24=2

edit: can I just ask, howcome?
Because on another forum I visit this simple maths question has started WW3

I think it must be 288 but an army of self proclaimed "clever people" say it has to be 2. At the moment a poll is sitting at 53% for 288.
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