if you added numbers, you could get even more results!

50 order of operations

The order of operations says you do the multiplication first, right?

So... 40 + 40 x 0 + 1

... Would translate into 40 + (40 x 0) + 1. 40 x 0 = 0, which leaves you 40 + 1.

Thus 41.

I think. (Math is so not my strong point.)

I honestly do not recall if that was how we did it or not. If so, then 41 would obviously be the correct answer. If not, I am changing my answer to milk.

multiplication and division are always done 1st in the absence of parentheses.

it's never good to use "geeze" when you're wrong

Math Order of Operations:
Rule 1: First perform any calculations inside parentheses.
Rule 2: Next perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right.
Rule 3: Lastly, perform all additions and subtractions, working from left to right.

hummmm.... seems 41 is right :

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/v...perations.html


All this wasted time on the school bench ... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Holy fucking shit.

Can't believe I've read through this whole thread and that anyone would think that it's anything other than 41.

Disclaimer: I took a metric fuckton of math classes in university.

It seems really obvious that it is 41....... but maybe I am missing something??? Is there a trick?

Didn't any of your elementary school teachers teach you "Please excuse my dear aunt sally or PEMDAS"? That's one of the few things that stuck in my head from math class.

Parenthesis
Exponent
Multiply
Divide
Add
Subtract

in that order

No, you did not miss anything. That is why this retarded thread is still continuing, people thinking they know better than basic math.

Correct,,,,

what's the answer of paul markham ?

Take a look at what has already been posted. The order of operation is not missing and it is implied when there are no parentheses.

Rule 1: First perform any calculations inside parentheses.
Rule 2: Next perform all multiplications and divisions, working from left to right.
Rule 3: Lastly, perform all additions and subtractions, working from left to right.

http://celebdirt.net/40+40X0+1.png

I'd say 41, Windows calculator says 1, Google says 41. Who likes math anyway? :1orglaugh

My kid is in 6th grade and came up with 41 instantly.

someone doesn't know their order of operations?

40 + 40 x 0 + 1= ?

40 x 0 = 0
40 + 0 + 1 = 41

lol i was just going over PEMDAS with my son today

6th grade....

.....

his problem was (3 ÷ 3) + 3 X (3^3 - 3) .....that might explode some heads here

Definitely 41

73!

8 char

I get 73.

Quoting this again. I don't think wolfram alpha has it wrong. Simple order of operations.

i would agree

The only way that this can be 41 is if the equation is written like this:

40 + (40 x 0) + 1

That is how I learned it as well, but rules, dictionaries and maps change over the years.

You seriously never heard of order of operations? I don't believe they are some newfangled invention.

These particular rules haven't changed in a very long time.

"The basic rule (that multiplication has precedence over addition)
appears to have arisen naturally and without much disagreement as
algebraic notation was being developed in the 1600s and the need for
such conventions arose."

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52582.html

Sorry dude, but you are wrong. A real calculator where you put the whole problem in shows the "correct" answer.

Also, how many fucking years does Google / WolframAlpha etc have to be around before you monkeys know how to use it?

http://www.google.com/search?client=...hannel=suggest

There is no trick. The trick is you are on a message board full of math flunkies.

I can honestly say that the "order of operations" is a phrase I do not recall ever hearing prior to this evening.

It was the rule when I was in elementary school 35 years ago...... that is all I know.

Nobody remembers "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally"? It is probably the only thing I do remember from that far back.

Nope, tonight is definitely the first time.

This rule was conceived as soon as basic algebra needed proper notation... which according to this guy is 1600's.

More details here:
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52582.html

"The convention that multiplication precedes addition and subtraction was in use in the earliest books employing symbolic algebra in the 16th century. The convention that exponentiation precedes multiplication was used in the earliest books in which exponents appeared. "

http://jeff560.tripod.com/operation.html

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/q...cracy10qg3.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S1bdNBvOUR...diocracy13.jpg

Electrolytes!

so few years after baddog was born :winkwink::1orglaugh

http://i.imgur.com/bpbAJ.jpg

The TI-84 has spoken.

A plague of locusts shall be brought upon the heads to all those who deny him.

ahhh i remember my TI-82

:1orglaugh

This thread was hysterical.

I understand that the theory may have existed, but did they always call it that? I am pretty sure in the 60's we always used brackets.

Bedmas .

edit

Should have read further down...

It's scary to think most people can't figure that out. I guess we older guys have one advantage, we actually went to a school that taught us something.

the answer is 1 anything x 0 = 0 the addition is at the end after the equals = symbol plus + 1 so answer is can only be one.

Those that think there is any other outcome are mixing up the order of the equation.

We learned it as BODMAS

Brackets
O-something?
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

Hmm, maybe it was BOMDAS.

PS: The correct answer is green.