Should be 41:)

Holy. Fuck.

I cannot believe you guys are still arguing about this.

Look up the order of operations rules, apply them, get your answer. It's not that damn hard!

My Samsung Galaxy S says 41
My Canon pocket calculator says 1
My Sony VAIO all in one 24" computer says 1

I say 41 and I think Samsung is already leading the world.

Just stop. You're wrong.

Djeez are you people serious?

the answer is 41.

40 + (40 x 0) + 1 = 40 + 40 x 0 + 1

"A common technique for remembering the order of operations is the abbreviation "PEMDAS", which is turned into the phrase "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". It stands for "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction". This tells you the ranks of the operations: Parentheses outrank exponents, which outrank multiplication and division (but multiplication and division are at the same rank), and these two outrank addition and subtraction (which are together on the bottom rank). "

http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html.

"Note: in the UK they say BODMAS (Brackets,Orders,Divide,Multiply,Add,Subtract), and in Canada they say BEDMAS (Brackets,Exponents,Divide,Multiply,Add,Subtract). It all means the same thing! It doesn't really matter how you remember it, just so long as you get it right."

I really can't believe people are arguing about this one. The troll thread Phoenix made with the implied multiplication was at least interesting. This is so simple it's stupid.

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Stop it. You're going to give me a fucking heart attack! :1orglaugh

its 1

i belive

http://www.multitables.com/times-table.pdf

anything times by 0 is 0.

1x0=0
2x0= 0
798x0=0

so the answr is 1

http://www.multitables.com/times-table.pdf

God damn it no. The order of operations ALWAYS apply. For fuck sakes you idiots.

You mean multiplied, not times

if dvtimes thinks the answer is 1, then the correct answer is 41

The correct answer is 41.

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I have to leave. I'm crying over here I'm laughing so hard.

I know it's fucking amazing isn't it? This is simple grade school math and it's not just one or two people that are wrong. You'd think we'd have learned by now that GFY is full of idiots but it still catches me off guard how dumb some people are. :(

That's not even the part that makes me laugh. It is a common mistake and while it's grade school math it's intuitively "wrong". But here we have an entire thread of people explaining why it's 41 and an entire internet of information so that anyone can look this up for themselves but they are still in here arguing that they are absolutely right and insinuating that we're all idiots because we don't know that something multiplied by 0 is 0. :1orglaugh

The amount of FAIL in this thread truly amazing. The answer is 41. Those who doubt that obviously did not pay any attention in school.

I have a strong suspicion that the way they teach maths in your primary schools in the USA is completely different to what they teach in the UK.

As sure as you are that it's 41 because the order of operations always apply, I (and it looks like everyone else in the UK) is as sure they don't always apply, unless specifically in algebra/scientific maths.

We had separate lessons to explain to us the difference between eg 40 + 40 * 0 +1 and 40 + (40 * 0) + 1

That's the only reason I can think of that everyone is 100% confident in their answer, be it 41 or 1.

You're wrong there Jel, if you do that you are turning it into three different equations. If you do it as one calculation on any calculator, it will use the order of operations. 1 is the answer a primary school child would give, but everything you learn in maths after that tells you the answer is 41.

Not in the US... and the answer is 41.

No. You're simply wrong.

Math is absolute. Rules apply and they always apply so that you always reach the same answer to a given equation period. According to you there's two different answers depending on the kind of "Maths" you apply. If that were true there would need to be some sort of notation to specify which rules you use, which you'll notice there isn't.

The answer is 41 period.

Do you guys really call it MathS in the UK? That sounds so strange. Math is short for Mathematics which already has an S.

I came up with 1 at first - but I am the clever one here as I then read up about it and realised it was 41....

Why am I the clever one ?

1. I checked.

2. I can admit it when I am wrong.

Two things that the majority here seem unable to do.....

Sorry yeah, not hitting enter, but looking at the screen per each step. I'm doing it on a calculator, built into my pc, using 'standard' as 1 flowing equation, to get 1. Using it as scientific, as 1 flowing equation, gives 41.

LOL...i can't stop laughing reading this thread... :D :D :D Especially to people giving wrong answer and adding "that's why you are adult webmasters".... :D :D :D

Heh, edited before I could reply ;)

Yes, maths in the uk, as there is no 'mathematic', eg automobiles shortened = autos, automobile shortened = auto.

The notation, I was always taught at least, though redwhiteand blue says is different, is that the notation *is* the use of parentheses, so none = a notation in itself.

Why don't you tell us the answer, bitch.

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Yeah I only just looked at google as I was wtf, hence my only idea is that we are taught differently. redwhiteandblue has stated he wasn't taught like that so who knows, maybe I went to a shit school(s) :1orglaugh

We certainly weren't taught the order of blahblah though, the 1st time I've ever heard of it is in this thread :(

Fuck. Do we have to give you guys an English lesson now too?

This is exactly why it sounds weird. The S on automobiles indicates plural. The S on Mathematics does not indication plural as like you said there's no Mathematic and thus no need for an S on Math. Strange little difference in the language I guess.

Only if it's better than the Math lesson you guys are trying to teach. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Like I say, maybe I went to a shit school, I can guarantee you I was never taught bodmas by the time I left in 1986. Honestly, I am fucking stunned, posted this on facebook earlier and everyone I went to school with has said 1.

Just asked if anyone from my school can remember being taught bodmas/order of operation to see if I really have just lost my memory :-0