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Jun 16, 2011 11:14 PM
Pick6;805021 wrote:Nice to see the majority of the OC does not know 7th grade math. I failed intermediate algebra in college and still know this

Go figure. I passed Calc I & II, Stat I & II, but did not know this.
Jun 16, 2011 11:14pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:23 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;805178 wrote:I thought it was pretty simple, then again my dregree was a math minor.

Math minors FTW (have one too, which makes me mixing up e and i on a thread earlier even less excusable)

Dregrees FTW as well
Jun 16, 2011 11:23pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:27 PM
Use your calculator and it comes out to 0 ?
Jun 16, 2011 11:27pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:31 PM
riders1;805194 wrote:Use your calculator and it comes out to 0 ?

Most (non graphing) calculators default to left-to-right. They don't do order of operations on their own.

My TI-83 comes up with 14. Get a better calculator.
Jun 16, 2011 11:31pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:32 PM
Why the fuck do you have to use a calculator to add/subtract 1 and multiply by 0?
Jun 16, 2011 11:32pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:34 PM
karen lotz;805200 wrote:Why the fuck do you have to use a calculator to add/subtract 1 and multiply by 0?

LOL!
Jun 16, 2011 11:34pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:36 PM
Basic calculators are incapable of doing order of operations, because they process each function of the equation instantly. If you were to use a calculator that is capable of actually looking at the equation as a whole before calculating it (the infamous TI-83s many of us had in college), you'll get the right answer.
Jun 16, 2011 11:36pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:39 PM
karen lotz;805200 wrote:Why the **** do you have to use a calculator to add/subtract 1 and multiply by 0?

Maybe cause they ran out of fingers to use and didn't want to take off their socks to count more than 10?
Jun 16, 2011 11:39pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:40 PM
Pick6;805021 wrote:Nice to see the majority of the OC does not know 7th grade math.
I actually teach this in 6th grade math, and like many of them I didn't take my time to process what I was looking at and simply gave what appeared to be the easy answer.
Jun 16, 2011 11:40pm
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Jun 16, 2011 11:48 PM
Ow! My Balls!;805208 wrote:I actually teach this in 6th grade math, and like many of them I didn't take my time to process what I was looking at and simply gave what appeared to be the easy answer.

Lol awesome username
Jun 16, 2011 11:48pm
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Jun 17, 2011 1:18 AM
Ow! My Balls!;805208 wrote:I actually teach this in 6th grade math, and like many of them I didn't take my time to process what I was looking at and simply gave what appeared to be the easy answer.

Are you here to hook up with students?
Jun 17, 2011 1:18am
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Jun 17, 2011 1:29 AM
pnhasbeen;805262 wrote:Are you here to hook up with students?

Lol'd, word is getting out about the OC.
Jun 17, 2011 1:29am
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Jun 17, 2011 6:42 AM
Math is stupid
Jun 17, 2011 6:42am
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Jun 17, 2011 7:21 AM
pnhasbeen;805262 wrote:Are you here to hook up with students?

Hell yes!
Jun 17, 2011 7:21am
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Jun 17, 2011 7:24 AM
O-Trap;805316 wrote:Hell yes!

IP's match
Jun 17, 2011 7:24am
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Jun 17, 2011 8:22 AM
Wow! This is a hilarious thread! The one guy who says "there are two answers, either left-to-right, or the REAL answer" made me laugh out loud!
Jun 17, 2011 8:22am
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Jun 17, 2011 9:22 AM
If you didn't realize it was 14 even without using a calculator, you are fuckin' retarded.
Jun 17, 2011 9:22am
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Jun 17, 2011 9:25 AM
thePITman;805359 wrote:Wow! This is a hilarious thread! The one guy who says "there are two answers, either left-to-right, or the REAL answer" made me laugh out loud!

Is it safe to say that SOS was the benefactor of an IEP when he was in school?
Jun 17, 2011 9:25am
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Jun 17, 2011 9:30 AM
Early Cuyler;805419 wrote:If you didn't realize it was 14 even without using a calculator, you are fuckin' retarded.

Way to come in at the end and pretend you knew.
Jun 17, 2011 9:30am
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Jun 17, 2011 3:23 PM
I thought order of operations got introduced in elementary school once you knew how to multiply and divide...?

When do American schools learn multiplication typically?? I learned multiplication, division and order of operation in 2nd grade when I lived in Germany... and I forget if I relearned it here after that.

Anyways, as people have said. There is only 1 correct answer to this problem. Although the minus sign thrown in all the plus signs is more of a trick and about observation not actual mathematical knowledge.
Jun 17, 2011 3:23pm
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Jun 17, 2011 4:32 PM
Fly4Fun, I was also 2nd and/or 3rd grade.
Jun 17, 2011 4:32pm
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Jun 17, 2011 4:35 PM
WebFire;805427 wrote:Way to come in at the end and pretend you knew.

Pardon me for having a life and not being able to glare at the OC all day. Additionally, it's not my fault you can't do simple math, obviously your parents should have gotten you a math IEP.
Jun 17, 2011 4:35pm
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Jun 17, 2011 6:00 PM
Fly4Fun;805797 wrote: Although the minus sign thrown in all the plus signs is more of a trick and about observation not actual mathematical knowledge.

Yeah, I don't fault someone's math skills for putting 16. I fault their OBSERVATIONAL skills, but not their math skills.

I remember playing "Around-the-World" with multiplication and division in fourth grade. However, I don't believe we discussed exponents and square roots until maybe 5th grade, which is my guess for order of operations (private school), but then when I transferred to a public school, we learned it again in 7th grade.

In any case, it's not part of higher math or anything.
Jun 17, 2011 6:00pm
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Jun 17, 2011 6:30 PM
Amish schools dont worry about multiplication....just multiply
Jun 17, 2011 6:30pm
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Jun 17, 2011 6:52 PM
WoW! no grammar / spelling required
Jun 17, 2011 6:52pm