Geek Jokes Volume 0b10
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PEMDAS maths stuff, many replies to the tweet. I like the answer being 7 but really 3
https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/1465606871...
https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/1465606871...
ajprice said:
PEMDAS maths stuff, many replies to the tweet. I like the answer being 7 but really 3
https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/1465606871...
These BEDMAS (or whatever) things should really be in the "things that drive me bonkers" thread. All the mouth-breathers who sat at the back of maths classes looking out the window, arguing about something simple, obvious and well-known.https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/1465606871...
havoc said:
BODMAS
Brackets
Operations
Division
Multiplication
Add
Subtract
It's the order you do the bloody calculation in. It's taught in junior school, FFS...this isn't complex stuff.
But is it BODMAS or BOMDAS? Surely they can't both be right? Brackets
Operations
Division
Multiplication
Add
Subtract
It's the order you do the bloody calculation in. It's taught in junior school, FFS...this isn't complex stuff.
If you really want to be depressed, Windows Calculator in 'standard' mode for idiots ignores order of operations, and just evaluates from left to right.
What's wrong with reverse polish operations?
Nothing could be simpler than
2
enter
3
enter
5
add
multiply
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