Order of Operations

by levans, Dec 30, 2012, 3:32 AM

D'oh, my mom doesn't know order of operations. Instead she knows PEMDAS. Grrr. PEMDAS should die. It is wrong. Teachers who teach it should feel bad. (Do you hear me Jeremy?!?!?)

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Ooh PEMDAS!

by dragon96, Dec 30, 2012, 3:37 AM

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I remember a time Paul taught us not to use PEMDAS, but to use "Penguins eat my dad as supper".

by mathway, Dec 30, 2012, 4:39 AM

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levans wrote:

(Do you hear me Jeremy?!?!?)

Who is Jeremy?

by JFC, Dec 30, 2012, 2:37 PM

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PEMDAS is certainly wrong, but for some people it's quite useful.

by negativebplusorminus, Dec 30, 2012, 2:38 PM

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Oooh feud between Larry and Jeremy...

fight fight fight fight

by knittingfrenzy18, Dec 30, 2012, 5:42 PM

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R u serious?lol fail.

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by JigglykongisFUM16, Jan 1, 2013, 3:54 PM

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It's common intuition vs memorizing a pointless word that doesn't even explain order of operation properly. (E.g. multiplication and division come at the same time, etc.)

by 3333, Jan 14, 2013, 3:48 AM

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Take this equation:

$12\div3\times2$

If you use PEMDAS, the $3\times2$ part comes first, and you get $12\div6=2$ . If you go from left to right, the $12\div3$ comes first, and you get $4\times2=8$ .

Different answers.

by ScottBusche, Jan 16, 2013, 2:58 AM

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No wonder mathematicians don't come from schools; PEMDAS totally ruined their work.

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by NeoMathematicalKid, Jan 18, 2013, 2:40 PM

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@JFC: Jeremy Copeland

by ahaanomegas, Feb 3, 2013, 2:01 AM

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Things like absolute value and square roots are not included in this weird PEMDAS thing.

The concept of PEMDAS is essentially a notation and not a notion. Therefore, according to Gauss, we do not need it.

by yugrey, Feb 15, 2013, 4:38 AM

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I forgot pemdas. Anyway
Parentheses
Multiplication division
Addition subtraction

by Experimenter, May 27, 2013, 12:36 AM

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My teacher uses "My Dad Ate Supper!"

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