agent_nycto@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoSBA #119 mathslemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down124
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minus-squareReyali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 month agoI’m guessing confusion is coming from those taking PEMDAS literally as that order? Rather than PE(M|D)(A|S), like it’s supposed to be?
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s also convoluted by the notation of the multiplication. When it’s written like this, many assume that you need to resolve that term first since it involves parentheses.
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThis is how I was taught 30 years ago in highschool
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWell implicit multiplication would be done before the other operators anyway, but after exponents. Pemdas is incomplete.
I’m guessing confusion is coming from those taking PEMDAS literally as that order? Rather than PE(M|D)(A|S), like it’s supposed to be?
It’s also convoluted by the notation of the multiplication. When it’s written like this, many assume that you need to resolve that term first since it involves parentheses.
This is how I was taught 30 years ago in highschool
Well implicit multiplication would be done before the other operators anyway, but after exponents. Pemdas is incomplete.