[Renkluaf]

Cool.

[IronJack]

I calculated it as 16. Plugged it into Wolfram Alpha. Answer: 16. Plugged it into Windows calculatot. Answer: 16. Plugged it into phone calculator. Answer: 16.

Answer: 16.

[kosciusko51]

Also, according to Wolfram Alpha, it is 16.

[SuperSonic]

The answer is “19” according to Louis Farrakhan.

[central_va]

   8
--------  = 1
2(2 + 2)

[redangus]

16 or 1. You always do the parenthesis first = 4. Then comes the tricky part. Do you divide the 8 by 2 which gives you 4 and multiply the parenthesis 4 by that 4 which equals 16, or do you multiply the parenthesis 4 by 2 which would give you 8. If you then divide the first 8 by the second 8 you’d get 1. Ambiguous at best.

[moovova]

"Only 16" - Sam Cooke

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Math is such an exact science. On that we can all agree.

[ArtDodger]

The correct answer: 1X16!

[Cowboy Bob]

I think they are sayinf that there are 2 ways 8÷2(2+2) can be interpreted:

8÷2 x (2+2)
or
8 ÷ 2 x (2+2)

[twister881]

Tyrone is meeting Shaquanda at the movies at 6:00pm. It’s 5:40pm, and Tyrone is 7 miles away.

Q: Who is Tyrone’s biological father?

[stylin19a]

I wonder what this looks like using common core standards ?...

[ArtDodger]

Roger Miller has the answer:
You Got Two Again
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=roger+miller+you+got+2+again&&view=detail&mid=C1D444C8F95C3DE14D91C1D444C8F95C3DE14D91&&FORM=VRDGAR

[TheZMan]

It’d help if they didn’t use the ASCII “divide” symbol. Half of us can’t tell the difference between that and “plus”.

[twister881]

José mows lawns for $20 and shares 35% with his helper, Antonio. Together they now an average of 12 lawns each day.

Q: How long did it take José to enter the U.S. illegally from Guatemala?

[Ingtar]

16, but many will get the loneliest number... 1.

[Little Ray]

It is not ambiguous.

The order in which operations should be done is abbreviated as PEMDAS:
Parentheses.
Exponents.
Multiplication and Division (from left to right)
Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

So:

8÷2(2+2)

That means “2+2” goes first. So

8÷2(4)

Next, you take 8÷2. So

4(4)

So the answer is 16.

But that is the reason I prefer to group operations in parentheses, anyway:

(8/2)*(2+2)

There are no questions about what that means. That way I don’t have to care about “PEMDAS.”

[democratsaremyenemy]

You proles are all wrong.

[fproy2222]

This is fun if you are only talking about numbers.
Lets say all those numbers are dollars and your bank has to figure out how much interest to pay you.

[mjp]

The answer is 1, by the way I learned math. I am not going to change my math rules now, and I am not going to change the pronouns I use. So There!

[Ancesthntr]

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