Whats the answer.

[Venod]

This is on my Facebook feed.

Is the answer 2 or -2?

 

[MossCommuter]

BODMAS

 

[simonali]

I make it 50.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It's 2. you do the divide part first so it becomes 16-16+2

 

[midlife]

BODMAS gives 2, which is what I was taught at school in the 60's-70's lol

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Is the DMAS part of BODMAS the order: Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction?

 

[Venod]

BODMAS gives 2, which is what I was taught at school in the 60's-70's lol

But if your using Bodmas and doing things in order shouldn't it be 16-18 = -2 ?

Otherwise its 50

 

[Drago]

According to the calculator on my phone, 50.

 

[dantheman]

I make it 50.

This is what I make it by my head, I never learnt whatever bodmas is or my times tables and I have my own methods.. I thought for it to be 2 it should have read 16-(4÷1/4)+2

Apparently a calculator I checked agrees with me, and another calculator app on a phone makes it 2.


So I don't know.

 

[midlife]

But if your using Bodmas and doing things in order shouldn't it be 16-18 = -2 ?

Otherwise its 50

Yup... I did BODMSA by mistake lol

Wonder what it would be in RPN

 

[Dirk]

42........it's the answer to everything.

 

[Venod]

Wonder what it would be in RPN

Can't get my head round RPN

 

[midlife]

Can't get my head round RPN

Used to have a programmable calculator that used RPN..... Blimey it was a nightmare.. Texas Ti 68 or something?

Blew a pile of wages from working at the bike shop to buy it, should have bought some campag brakes instead lol

 

[MossCommuter]

Yup... I did BODMSA by mistake lol

Wonder what it would be in RPN

BODMSA is the same as BODMAS

RPN is a (unambiguous) way of writing not a way of processing

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

2 burgers, one fries and a drink