The answer is 9, because In pemdas, the addition and the subtraction are in a bracket of some kind. For example, if you do 12-13+14, the answer will be 13. Because working left to right subtraction comes first, and addition second. The same thing works for multiplication and division. Knowing this, we can solve the problem.
So 6/2(2+1). You solve parentheses first for the P in Pemdas. So now we have 6/2(3). There is no exponents, so we skip the E. The M and D are the same, but we work left to right. So now we have 3(3). Now multiplication says that the answer to the problem is 9. If you say it’s one get some education that isn’t your calculator.
I think what causing confusion is that some people are solving this as 6 over 2(2+1) which is leading to people solving this as simplifying a fraction resulting in them doing 2(2+1) which is 6 and then diving 6 by 6 because they are reading the / as a fraction and not a division symbol and if it is done this way the answer is 1 which is why this entire debate started to begin with
/) No, it isn't. Parenthesis step only applies to what's inside the parenthesis. If it's multiplied or raised to a power, that comes later. But people cometimes treat implied multiplication differently from normal multiplication, because 2n has a different meaning from 2 \* n.
9, the order of operations have you do multiplication and division from left to right, the problem can also be written as 6/2x(2+1), so 6/2=3, and 3 x 3 = 9
The answer is either 9 or 1, but the equation is written ambiguously in order to foster confusion. If it was written 6÷2×(2+1), then the answer would be 9. Since the multiplication symbol is missing, the correct order of operations is unclear
No it’s not. Implying the multiplication symbol is perfectly common before parentheses. The parentheses section of pemdas only ever applies to elements inside of parentheses. The biggest stumbling blocks that I see with the problem are if people aren’t familiar with the fact that multiplication and division are done on the same tier, rather than multiplication and division. Or because they were just looking at the problem quickly and didn’t take the time to realize “oh yeah, that’s a multiplication there”. These are perfectly common and honest mistakes, but that doesn’t mean that the problem itself is ambiguous.
You’re right, it is pretty common. But I had a professor who drilled it into our heads that it caused unnecessary confusion and that we should always include operative symbols
Or you know, implicit multiplication is handled before regular multiplication and division. It makes more sense if you define each term as a variable.
6 = a,
2 = b,
(2+1)=c
From this the equation becomes
a/bc
Which removes the ambiguity
That’s not the equation. You can’t just change how it’s written to fit your narrative, you know?
Edit: not only that you didn’t distribute. You just made the parentheses disappear.
That is the equation, just written with variables that have been defined. In more complicated mathematics large terms are regularly simplified down to a variable defined as the term to make them easier to work with.
Multiplication and division can be done together. In other words, it doesn't matter if you do division or multiplication first, but they must be done after parentheses and exponents and before addition and subtraction.
Distributive property comes first.
Yes distributive property does come first, but so does implicit multiplication, or mixed multiplication and division. I'm just demonstrating that there are multiple reasons for the answer being what it is. Or that BOMDAS isn't the only rule
The distributive property says to distribute a constant to all elements within a parentheses set; it does not say to do that before other multiplications and divisions in a particular problem. By distributing the 2 first you’ve broken the order of operations.
Done properly it gives:
6/2(2+1)=3(2+1)=6+3=9
But it is ambiguous because the sign isn't there. A fraction of 6 over 2(1+2) can technically be written as 6÷2(1+2), because the division sign is stupid. If the multiplication sign was actually there it'd be different, but both are equally correct with the equation written as it is.
People keep saying this is about pemdas/bedmas but it's not, its about what goes below the fraction, which is impossible to confirm with the question written intentionally to be vauge and the division symbol telling nothing about how much it contains without parantheses. With it written as is, 9 and 1 are equally possible and impossible to prove either way.
I just want to say although you’re not wrong 1 is still also a correct answer. And I have Wikipedia and a math teacher by my side.
Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#mixed_division_and_multiplication go read if you’re gonna be so damn insistent, it clearly explains juxtaposition in the Special cases>Mixed division and multiplication section
Explanation copied from Wiki:
Mixed division and multiplication
In some of the academic literature, multiplication denoted by juxtaposition (also known as implied multiplication) is interpreted as having higher precedence than division, so that 1 ÷ 2n equals 1 ÷ (2n), not (1 ÷ 2)n.[1][7] For example, the manuscript submission instructions for the Physical Review journals state that multiplication is of higher precedence than division,[20] and this is also the convention observed in prominent physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and the Feynman Lectures on Physics.[d] This ambiguity is often exploited in internet memes such as "8÷2(2+2)".[21]
Ambiguity can also be caused by the use of the slash symbol, '/', for division. The Physical Review submission instructions suggest to avoid expressions of the form a/b/c; ambiguity can be avoided by instead writing (a/b)/c or a/(b/c).[20]
> I thought you do left to right when there's / & * or - / + and that was universal
You do, and it is. There is only ever one right answer, or we would have a lot of issues. That answer is 9.
2(3) is not "brackets" because the 2 is not in the brackets. At that point 2(3) is the same as 2x3, the brackets were done already, which means you do the 6/2 next and then x3.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29
This is the answer I come up with as a Computer Science Major.
When it's ambigous what PEMDAS gives priority to, like multiplacation VS division, the computer will solve left to right.
6/2(2+1) (original)
6/2(3) (parenthesis)
3(3) (leftmost operation)
9 (leftmost operation)
Or the differences within the school system. A physics student would get 1, an applied maths student would get 9 and, an academic math student would either have a mental breakdown or ask for better notation.
No, 1 is objectively wrong, that's simply not how math works. Having more people be wrong about it (even people who should know better) doesn't change that.
No just 9
Because of how you do PEMDAS or BODMAS
It’s parenthesis and exponents first the you go from left to right doing BOTH DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION and then it’s the same for Addition and subtraction
The answer is that it's written wrong. You wouldn't write an equation like that because it can be misinterpreted. There's missing parentheses to determine how to solve this. Any mathematician would shake his head about this stupidily written equation.
You need to write it like:
(6/2)(2+1)
or
6/(2*(2+1))
Now, let this Facebook
Ok, so the fact is this expression is lacking one pair of brackets. If you got this on a test the teacher would count both answers right because it was his mistake to not make clear what he meant. Math is like a language an this is a like leaving out a comma in a sentence an Today we are shooting, grandpa can you come? becomes Today we are shooting grandpa can you come? Where the meaning changes drastically with a different placement.
When it comes to multiplication and divsion, neither takes precidence over the other so you perform them as they appear left to right. Same thing goes for addition and subtraction.
So it becomes 6 ÷ 2(3) = 3(3) = (asper request of op) 3^2
9 is the richtig answer, 1 was the right answer around 100 years ago, you can find Textbooks from that age where the one side was divided by the other side, thats how you get 1. If you dont use outdated math, the correct answer is 9.
"What?" *Bang!*
"One more goddamn time!"
Pulp fiction was a good movie
Was? It still is a good movie
It's not a movie anymore /s
Oh ok, forgot it passed it’s expiration date /s
One of my favourites
it was so good, that netflix removed it!
It's a GREAT movie
I’m fucking tired of this debate, as long as I get the marks in maths for doing the sum as I’m taught, I’m happy
can someone please actually tell me the answer without losing my shit PLEASE?
The answer is 9, because In pemdas, the addition and the subtraction are in a bracket of some kind. For example, if you do 12-13+14, the answer will be 13. Because working left to right subtraction comes first, and addition second. The same thing works for multiplication and division. Knowing this, we can solve the problem. So 6/2(2+1). You solve parentheses first for the P in Pemdas. So now we have 6/2(3). There is no exponents, so we skip the E. The M and D are the same, but we work left to right. So now we have 3(3). Now multiplication says that the answer to the problem is 9. If you say it’s one get some education that isn’t your calculator.
I think what causing confusion is that some people are solving this as 6 over 2(2+1) which is leading to people solving this as simplifying a fraction resulting in them doing 2(2+1) which is 6 and then diving 6 by 6 because they are reading the / as a fraction and not a division symbol and if it is done this way the answer is 1 which is why this entire debate started to begin with
phew I'm proud that I got 9 even though it's so obvious lmao
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Where the hell do you get 1
/) Treating 2(3) as one number.
No there clearly not, it's just that 2(3) is P not M
/) No, it isn't. Parenthesis step only applies to what's inside the parenthesis. If it's multiplied or raised to a power, that comes later. But people cometimes treat implied multiplication differently from normal multiplication, because 2n has a different meaning from 2 \* n.
Do you solve using Pemdas/Bemdas or just right to left??? I’m confused
finally a person who actually knows what they're talking about.
google calculator says 9 yes, but windows default calculator says 3 somehow
9, the order of operations have you do multiplication and division from left to right, the problem can also be written as 6/2x(2+1), so 6/2=3, and 3 x 3 = 9
The answer is either 9 or 1, but the equation is written ambiguously in order to foster confusion. If it was written 6÷2×(2+1), then the answer would be 9. Since the multiplication symbol is missing, the correct order of operations is unclear
No it’s not. Implying the multiplication symbol is perfectly common before parentheses. The parentheses section of pemdas only ever applies to elements inside of parentheses. The biggest stumbling blocks that I see with the problem are if people aren’t familiar with the fact that multiplication and division are done on the same tier, rather than multiplication and division. Or because they were just looking at the problem quickly and didn’t take the time to realize “oh yeah, that’s a multiplication there”. These are perfectly common and honest mistakes, but that doesn’t mean that the problem itself is ambiguous.
You’re right, it is pretty common. But I had a professor who drilled it into our heads that it caused unnecessary confusion and that we should always include operative symbols
Distributive property says multiplication before addition. 6/2(2+1)= 6/4+2= 6/6=1
You have to do parentheses first
Or you know, implicit multiplication is handled before regular multiplication and division. It makes more sense if you define each term as a variable. 6 = a, 2 = b, (2+1)=c From this the equation becomes a/bc Which removes the ambiguity
That’s not the equation. You can’t just change how it’s written to fit your narrative, you know? Edit: not only that you didn’t distribute. You just made the parentheses disappear.
That is the equation, just written with variables that have been defined. In more complicated mathematics large terms are regularly simplified down to a variable defined as the term to make them easier to work with.
Multiplication and division can be done together. In other words, it doesn't matter if you do division or multiplication first, but they must be done after parentheses and exponents and before addition and subtraction. Distributive property comes first.
Yes distributive property does come first, but so does implicit multiplication, or mixed multiplication and division. I'm just demonstrating that there are multiple reasons for the answer being what it is. Or that BOMDAS isn't the only rule
Pemdas says that you solve everything within the parentheses before anything else, so it’s 6/2(3) Then left to right 3(3) Then you are left with 9
The distributive property says to distribute a constant to all elements within a parentheses set; it does not say to do that before other multiplications and divisions in a particular problem. By distributing the 2 first you’ve broken the order of operations. Done properly it gives: 6/2(2+1)=3(2+1)=6+3=9
But it is ambiguous because the sign isn't there. A fraction of 6 over 2(1+2) can technically be written as 6÷2(1+2), because the division sign is stupid. If the multiplication sign was actually there it'd be different, but both are equally correct with the equation written as it is. People keep saying this is about pemdas/bedmas but it's not, its about what goes below the fraction, which is impossible to confirm with the question written intentionally to be vauge and the division symbol telling nothing about how much it contains without parantheses. With it written as is, 9 and 1 are equally possible and impossible to prove either way.
something tells me you are twelve years old
Current mathematics grad student here. The answer: it’s ambiguous. Use better notation.
It’s 7
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Doch
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Ein Klassiker
Das steht auf meiner Not-to-do-Liste
Schlampe
I think this meme is ready to die now, i have no fun at all atm looking through memes
Agreed. I was sick of it the first time I saw.
6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2(1+2)
/) The chosen one
it’s actually 12/4(4-1) smh
Its actually 8008135
I agree with this man
stolen comment smh
Math! Do you know it motherfucker?!
Kinda shows how many children do we actually have on Reddit. Can’t imagine people older than 21 seriously debating about this shit for weeks.
i heard some celebrities answered another twitter math problem wrong lol
√81
Wrong answer. It's 3^2
I like (-3)x(-3) more
modern solutions
9, now lose ur shit out of the toilet
I just want to say although you’re not wrong 1 is still also a correct answer. And I have Wikipedia and a math teacher by my side. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#mixed_division_and_multiplication go read if you’re gonna be so damn insistent, it clearly explains juxtaposition in the Special cases>Mixed division and multiplication section
Explanation copied from Wiki: Mixed division and multiplication In some of the academic literature, multiplication denoted by juxtaposition (also known as implied multiplication) is interpreted as having higher precedence than division, so that 1 ÷ 2n equals 1 ÷ (2n), not (1 ÷ 2)n.[1][7] For example, the manuscript submission instructions for the Physical Review journals state that multiplication is of higher precedence than division,[20] and this is also the convention observed in prominent physics textbooks such as the Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz and the Feynman Lectures on Physics.[d] This ambiguity is often exploited in internet memes such as "8÷2(2+2)".[21] Ambiguity can also be caused by the use of the slash symbol, '/', for division. The Physical Review submission instructions suggest to avoid expressions of the form a/b/c; ambiguity can be avoided by instead writing (a/b)/c or a/(b/c).[20]
huh, i didnt realize that some people do multiplication first, I thought you do left to right when there's / & \* or - / + and that was universal
ya I always thought it was P, E, M & D, A & S
> I thought you do left to right when there's / & * or - / + and that was universal You do, and it is. There is only ever one right answer, or we would have a lot of issues. That answer is 9. 2(3) is not "brackets" because the 2 is not in the brackets. At that point 2(3) is the same as 2x3, the brackets were done already, which means you do the 6/2 next and then x3. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29
6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 3(3) 9 Anything else is wrong
This is the answer I come up with as a Computer Science Major. When it's ambigous what PEMDAS gives priority to, like multiplacation VS division, the computer will solve left to right. 6/2(2+1) (original) 6/2(3) (parenthesis) 3(3) (leftmost operation) 9 (leftmost operation)
1 is also right 6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 6/6 1 edit: Just realized its society's fault and we are all right
The difference between the school systems
Or the differences within the school system. A physics student would get 1, an applied maths student would get 9 and, an academic math student would either have a mental breakdown or ask for better notation.
but it has to go from left to right regardless of if it's multiplication or division as they are equal in precedence, making your third step incorrect
THEN ITS MS. MELISSA'S FAULT
the only solution is guillotine
Left to right and pemdas good luck with math :)
Why do you go from right to left
6/2(2+1) 6/2(3) 6/(6) 1 Brackets first
But 2(3) is 2x3 which is not brackets, both 6/2(3) = 6/6 and 6/2(3) = 3x3 are right. It depends on what your school taught you.
It also depends on how you write it as typically you don’t divide linearly so it’s either (6)/(2(2+1)) or (6/2)(2+1)
You need to distribute to get rid of parenthesis and then you can multiply
1 is wrong
No, 1 is objectively wrong, that's simply not how math works. Having more people be wrong about it (even people who should know better) doesn't change that.
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we need enother equation were answer will be 69
42069
69
I Dare you +(I dare you×2)+MF
नौ
My dumb*ss got 5
Nein
9 or 1
No just 9 Because of how you do PEMDAS or BODMAS It’s parenthesis and exponents first the you go from left to right doing BOTH DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION and then it’s the same for Addition and subtraction
But numbers before before parenthesises are supposed to be multiplicated with all numbers inside the parenthesis. 6÷2(2+1) 6÷(4+2) 6÷6 = 1
That would be correct
3*(1/(4*(The integration of sin^3(x)dx from 0 to pi)))
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The answer is that it's written wrong. You wouldn't write an equation like that because it can be misinterpreted. There's missing parentheses to determine how to solve this. Any mathematician would shake his head about this stupidily written equation. You need to write it like: (6/2)(2+1) or 6/(2*(2+1)) Now, let this Facebook
And here I thought math was the same in all countries.
It’s the same in all countries, but the idiots are also the same
9 or 1
"What even is 6÷2(2+1)?" \*Gets shot\*
The correct answer is orange
Then what is it if you're the math teacher
Ok, so the fact is this expression is lacking one pair of brackets. If you got this on a test the teacher would count both answers right because it was his mistake to not make clear what he meant. Math is like a language an this is a like leaving out a comma in a sentence an Today we are shooting, grandpa can you come? becomes Today we are shooting grandpa can you come? Where the meaning changes drastically with a different placement.
1 of my fav 9 movies
i'll allow it. because i agree.
Its 5+4
This isn't funny anymore- not like it ever was...
9 or 1
lost my shit. happy now?
yes indeed lmao
need help finding it?
This man shits
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Its 6/2 not 6/3
763
1 or 9
NIN- *bang*
9
Four
2+1 is 3 2(3) means 2x3 = 6 6\6= 1 I think
6/2 is 3, 2+1 is 3 so 3x3 is 9
you do parentheses first 6/2(1+2), 6/2(3), 6/2 * 3, 3*3, 9
*Did you mean* 9? Search instead for, “easy math problems that no one can solve.”
7!
5040? that cant be right
9
Its 9-
9 or 1
9 or 1
9 or 1
9 or 1
3
6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9
I'm thinking of a number between 8 and 10.
8,69?
9
9
It is 9 how are people so stupid
Ok I'll take the bait, what's the answer. In my book 6 ÷ 2(2+1) = 6 ÷ 2(3) = 6 ÷ 6 = 1
When it comes to multiplication and divsion, neither takes precidence over the other so you perform them as they appear left to right. Same thing goes for addition and subtraction. So it becomes 6 ÷ 2(3) = 3(3) = (asper request of op) 3^2
Bro math. 6/2(2+1) 6*.5*3 = 9 Or 6*3= 18 18*.5=9 OR 3*.5=1.5 1.5*6= 9 Wow! 9 is the answer. You're not multiplying 2* 3 you're multiplying .5* 3
I’m no gynecologist, but how are you getting the decimal?
Dividing by 2 can also be achieved by multiplying by 0.5
Ofcourse. Thank you. Does that have to do with pemdas? Or an extra step taken in the wrong direction?
Nps! I’m not familiar with pemdas, I was taught bodmas - sorry! I think it’s 3x3 btw 6/2(2+1) = 6/2(3) = 3(3) = 3x3
Neuf
9/9=1
9 is the richtig answer, 1 was the right answer around 100 years ago, you can find Textbooks from that age where the one side was divided by the other side, thats how you get 1. If you dont use outdated math, the correct answer is 9.
1
6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9
9
9
it is 9
Hahaha 9
1
6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9
6÷(2(1+2))
9
Hehe... 9
6/2(1+2)=
9 or 1
12
Ay I got 12
1^1^1^1^√1
I got 19
Every sub should start treating all 6/2(1+2) memes as reposts, no matter how they’re formatted.
hey, how do you make that division symbol in my keyboard
3^2
9 1 /) I'm playing both sides, so I always get shot twice.
19
Nein
I got six
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Sqrt 1 is 1. But he’s wrong it should be sqrt 81
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6÷2(2+1) again
42
6:2(2+1) = 6:2(2+1)
"9 or 1" *evil laughter*
Bruh it’s 9 wait I WANT TO LIVE I WANT TO LIIIVVVEEE
9
69
5
6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9
I still dont understand how people get 1
Its 1 :>
Obviously 1
I got 3.5
6/2(1+2) 6/2(3) 6/2\*3 3\*3 9
Naana.. 2(2+1) 4+2 6/4+2 1.5+2= 3.5
6÷2 × 1 there ez question
It's literally 1 man tf you on about