it's Obvious (21)

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knocky1

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #21

15.75


.....or 42

 

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Diablo

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lewes

• Jul 16, 2016

• #22

perseus said:

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48..................2+10x4

 

Baldseagull

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #23

4 horses and a boot, 42

 

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Ryde

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #24

48.

 

sydney

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #25

96.....!!

 

Lord Bracknell

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• Jul 16, 2016

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I thought BODMAS had been abolished, when we joined the EU.

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #27

It's 21

 

spongy

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #28

42. Hitchhikers guide innit. The answer to everything is 42.

I don't remember being taught bodmas/bidmas as at school.

As society we write form left to right. Why can't maths be the same? Why work out the multiplication first?. Stupid idea.

 

maltaseagull

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #29

Kneon Light said:

The multiplication comes first so it is 10 X2 (20) +1 = 21

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Maybe so when there are brackets. But in this example there were none so 1+ 10 =11 x 2 = 22?

 

maltaseagull

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Lord Bracknell said:

I thought BODMAS had been abolished, when we joined the EU.

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But since Brexit it sems to have returned

 

sydney

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• #31

large blue catarpillar....dude.

 

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Cheggers

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #32

42. BIDMAS, no?

 

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Cheggers

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• Jul 16, 2016

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Did you go with an 'old boot' from the White Horse. However, it turned out to be very lucky as you thought you had knocked her up, but the father turned out to be Mad Cyril instead from the week before? I apologise for the use of the term 'old boot' to all woman potentially offended. Mad Cyril can go f#ck himself though, the animal.

 

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B52

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #34

27 for sure

 

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Truro

• Jul 16, 2016

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The problem is ambiguous and inconsistent, ie. three horses are shown as three images, but two horseshoes are shown as one image. And that's ignoring the lack of brackets.

 

Driver8

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42.

2+10*4. 10*4=40. 40+2=42.

Edit 21! 1+10*2. !!!!

 

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Guy Fawkes

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• #37

Buzzer said:

Because the rule is not order written. The rule is brackets then exponents then division/multiplication and lastly addition/subtraction.

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They have been getting the sums wrong on the numbers round on countdown for years if that is the case

 

GoldWithFalmer

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SouthCoast

• Jul 16, 2016

• #38

48? not read the thread......will now read and see if my life has been a failure in the math's dept..

 

Driver8

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Guy Fawkes said:

They have been getting the sums wrong on the numbers round on countdown for years if that is the case

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Of course that's the case. Unless there are brackets around addition/subtraction then multiplication and division is always done first.

 

Taybha

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #40

One and Six sweet Sixteen