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Java is correct.
When did this change? I grew up in the era where schools taught that the answer is 1
curious2 saysThe answer is currently 9.
A century ago, it would have been 1.
The change results from a change in usage. It isn't really ambiguous, but it can seem arbitrary. One day Pluto was a planet, and the next day it wasn't; Pluto itself had not really changed, but the definition of planet changed. One day the answer to the math problem was 1, and now it is 9.
When did this change? I grew up in the era where schools taught that the answer is 1
When did this change?
Please excuse my dead aunt sally
Moral of the story: don't be shy to use parentheses so make the order of operations clear.
When did this change? I grew up in the era where schools taught that the answer is 1
Give me a real world problem for which this equation would need solved, please
Java is correct. Order of operation is parenthesis, exponents, mulitiplication & division from left to right.
Allin saysJava is correct. Order of operation is parenthesis, exponents, mulitiplication & division from left to right.
That's what I learned in the 60's. How old are you guys that learned before that?
The world is huge and diverse. Never assume anything. For better or worse some countries in Asia and Europe stuck to the "old" way of teaching math for a long time after US switched.
DASKAA says
The world is huge and diverse. Never assume anything. For better or worse some countries in Asia and Europe stuck to the "old" way of teaching math for a long time after US switched.
patnetters were raised in europe and asia?
I was taking maths in Pennsylvania public schools in the 90’s, and i was taught PEMDAS. For this problem, I forgot that you go left to right as a rule once you get to Multiply/Division.
What is the difference between the old way and the new way?
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