*jaw drops* *is appalled on the amount of people who got this problem wrong* Wowzers, it's not 288, it's 2 according to PENDAS mathematical order.
not really... Espresso explained it on the first page... to make it simpler its the same as 48 ÷ 2 x 12, whereby anyone with any Maths qualification can work out the answer from there... 288.
i believe in PEMDAS method(popular in States&China), rather than the STANDARD order OF operations one. There is nothin rite or wrong, academically 2 is the correct answer.Dont believe? Ask ur math teacher.PROBABELY THEY CANT TELL... IF U R A STRICTLY STANDARD ORD OF OPERATIONS USER, the answer should be(48/2)*(12)=288.
I use BE/DM/AS. I use what operation comes first in the equation for DM. It actually depends on what the situation is. You need base the equation on a real life problem.
pemdas / bedmas / bidmas / or whatever u wanna call it... it's still order of operations regardless how u see it, division/multiplication take same level of precedence, just as addition/subtraction take same level there is only ever one answer... it's just a matter of logic that's misinterpreted or misunderstood brackets/parentheses always take precedence regardless what logic u use exponents/logs are next multiplication/division addition/subtraction and it's not like u have to do multiplication before division or vice versa... that's what's misunderstood, along with how the brackets work
NOT POSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Simple tip to waste time in class. ~Hey teacher, Which way do you do this question~
It's really up to what you do first. 48 ÷ 2 x 12. Division first, u get 288 Multiplication first, u get 2
exactly... but its not atm... so how ever u go... pemdas = parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction bedmas = brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction parentheses and brackets are the same thing, so it doesn't matter if u wanna call it a P or a B multiplication and division both have the same precedence level in either method, so it's same thing as using MD or DM the names are just used so people have a "name" to remember it by so regardless which "method" u really pick, you should still get the same result the only real issues that the methods don't cover are negatives -3^2 (im sure there are those who understand that... essentially negative 3 squared... depending how that's interpreted, its either the negative of 3 squared, or negative 3 squared)
