78 + milk

still gonna go with 41

41 - multiplication and division are done first when there are no parentheses

Order of operations First...

1st multiply/division
2nd addition/subtraction

so....

40 + 40 x 0 + 1= ?

is actually

40 x 0 = 0

then

40 + 0 + 1 = 41

Ah, the good ol' order of operations.

Thanks for the math brush up!

40 + (40 x 0) + 1 = 41

you're all wrong, it's 12.

Some real rocket surgeons a brain scientists in here.

Lol! Adult webmasters...

The orders of operation are missing from the expression so if you take it at face value, then 40 + 40 x 0 + 1 = 1. This is the correct answer when expressed in this way. Geeze.

If you express it as (40 + 40) x (0 + 1) then the answer is 80

If you express it as 40 + (40 x 0) + 1 then the answer is 41

etc.

Right. So, 40 + 40= 80
80x 0= 0
0+ 1= 1

But like I said, it has been 1969 since I took a math class.

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