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beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,265
10/12. though i guessed a couple. half of them are what school kids have learnt recently that we forget as pointless.
 


Wrong-Direction

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2013
13,395
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B-right-on

Living the dream
Apr 23, 2015
6,162
Shoreham Beaaaach
7/12. But was 8 when I was at school too.

If I hadn't got a teenager who I've helped with homework, would have been a lot less. :dunky:
 




Coldeanseagull

Opinionated
Mar 13, 2013
7,716
Coldean
10/12. Would've been full marks but for a dodgy mouse. I can't believe the average eleven year old would know half of those questions. A fifteen year old would get them all right, as they know everything???
 


A1X

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Sep 1, 2017
17,523
Deepest, darkest Sussex
9/12 but one of the wrong answers was a complete guess
 










nickbrighton

Well-known member
Feb 19, 2016
1,906
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result
 






Worried Man Blues

Well-known member
Feb 28, 2009
6,560
Swansea
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result

BODMAS is one of the few things I remember from school
 


WATFORD zero

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 10, 2003
25,675
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result

Well it was the convention when I was taught in the mid 1960s so they must have changed it before then ???

I haven't done the test as, at my age, I know my place :blush:
 




Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,906
Living In a Box
7/12
 


Washie

Well-known member
Jun 20, 2011
5,419
Eastbourne
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result

BODMAS, Brackets, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction, in that order. So going left to right is correct, but multiplication and division always go before addition and subtraction. BODMAS has been around since the 1800s
 


Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Aug 25, 2011
63,407
Withdean area
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result

A few years ago I went to a parents maths meeting at our kids primary school, where they gave us maths questions. We ended up having various ways of getting the correct answer.

The maths teacher guru explained that was as expected, that there is no single correct method, all are fine. Different minds have different routes.

The point was that kids are given a range of tools, any are correct.
 








Papak

Not an NSC licker...
Jul 11, 2003
1,862
Horsham
I have just asked the other two people at home, and we all had the same way of dealing with the maths question. Start left to right, and we all got the same answer- which was wrong

We were all taught you work left to right on equations, unless anything is in brackets which you do first. That is 100% definitely the way we were all taught. One of us was taught in Germany, and we all have O level or equivalent maths results so we would not be wrong on this basic concept-as everying we did in maths, physics etc would be wrong

So, when did the convention change to doing multiplication and division first. It has to be a world wide thing or chaos would result

To avoid a spoiler I have made the text for the answer white - drag over the lines at the bottom to view.

20 - 5 × 4 ÷ 2 + 12 =

The correct sequence is:

Drag from here:

5 x 4 = 20 / 2 = 10

20 - 10 = 10 + 12 = 22


to here.
 



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