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I kind of like how America makes the rest of us look smart
Thats what They are here for
it’s like outsmarting a child
I like your line of thinking
EDU VELANDIA but america always be insulting others by thinking they are better
@@mregg2213 yeah but the one you talking is USA not America.
Math is not subjective. How anyone can argue otherwise just proves the education system has failed miserably lol
On Fox news they say that scientists are still debating the issue, just like climate change.
America fuckkk yeahhh here to save tha motherfuckin day yeahh
Math does eventually get to a subjective point. Looking at abstract math. 👀
Sorry for the long ass response, but here goes...
The problem here isn’t with the education at all, it’s with the fact that the problem is expressed all in one line. I mean, a fairly basic math education tells you that there’s an order when you calculate right? Multiplication and division come first with no priority between them unless there’s clear evidence, like parentheses or an actual fraction line.
Here, both answers are equally correct until you know where the division takes place. Normally it would be expressed as a fraction with one piece over the other. But if you had to hand write this, how would you go about it? Would you have 8 over two and *then* that value multiplied by (2+2)? Or would you write 8 over the result of 2x(2+2)?
The first version gives you 8/2=4 which is then multiplied by 2+2 which is also 4, and that gives you 4x4= 16.
The second however gives you 2x(2+2)=8, you then divide 8 by 8, and that gives you 1.
Both results are correct ( and isn’t that a pickle! 1=16!!!) until you clear the ambiguity of the original line.
Basically, what I’m saying is : you’re right that math isn’t subjective, but the way we write it sure is! It’s just like the life saving comma ( i.e. “Time to eat, kids” vs “Time to eat kids”)
@@killadomain ummm, what do you think abstract maths actually means?
One of the most technologically advanced country ladies and gentlemen.
Theyr so advanced due to tech immigrants who get scholarship or socially autistic wizkids who have nothing better to do than do math all day.
US is such a fascinating country. It's like both developed and developing country at the same time...
'Brain drain' ever heard of that?
@@Lalsiamk You mean even average people won't be able to answer this? Just the professional and people with incredibly high IQ?
@@xephyre6955 well, apparently it seems so
USA : we will finish Iran
Iran: we have a question....
Lmao🤣🤣
There's a reason why this is only debated over in america
As a European I hate European smugness
I just found out about this and idk how to think... About it... Either the person who wrote the equation didn't really paid attention to their "question" and it seemed weird to everyone or the ones who've done it are.. Ahem, need to work on their math skills,,
@DankChromium Math is the same in every country...........................
Ki Nawa the equation is completely valid tho i wouldve written it that way
Everyone is making fun of the US..I directly said the answer is 1..and that's the answer your calculator gives you..but if you try it on your smartphone's calculator it gives you 16...So............................
I don’t wanna say “americans” but maaan 🤦🏻♀️
Omg basic BODMAS?? Heard of it?? Jesus.. Since they still using imperial systems not surprised..
Did you see the poll in the video...
The ones saying 4..... I salute you guys and pls tell me what are you high on, cause i need some of that in my life... 🤣
@@LEO-mb9dl
Really dude!
You are not that right anyway as you have suggested answer is equal to 1.
@@udaykadam5455 I'm as right as it gets.....
Akansh Arya if you’re saying the answer is one, you would be wrong. BIDMAS would mean 2+2=4 and 8/2=4, changing the equation to 4(4)=16. Although yeah, the ones saying four are something special.
Oh my god how is it even possible that this becomes a viral debate it’s simple maths. Oh wait it’s America nvm.
The answer is 1
its 16 lol
@@TheBluePhoenix008 it would have been 1 a few years back
@@usagibnuuy2070 how tf-
MATH IS MATH
@@TheBluePhoenix008 it's a joke dw
I'm only thinking this because never in my life have multiplications gone before divisions
I'm now convinced that most of y'all americans never went to school
EDIT: I'm also convinced that ppl like us in the comments section think they do have an answer but they don't. Guess the debate was needed after all :/
Haha
So what do u think is the answer?
Sagnik Adusumilli 16
@@sagnikadusumilli3385 using the rule of BEDMAS it's 16.
8÷2(2+2)
First you solve Brackets
8÷2(2+2) =(4)
Next you Divide
8÷2(4)= 4(4)
Finally you Multiply
4(4)= 16
Big Mike no (using PEMDAS (it’s the same thing))
8/2(2+2)
*P*EMDAS
8/2(4)
*P*EMDAS
8/8
PEM*D*AS
1
Ever wondered why these kind of debates only happen in America? Yes
Bornalee Hatiboruah they are dumb mate
believe me it's just not America. For instance same thing happened in Turkey which has equally shitty education system as America and there is nothing you can do about it but feel ashamed for it...
A handful of them have never gone to school.
Not really a surprise when so many of them still mess up "your" and "you're".
Especially the water is wet debate like wtf??? 🤣🤣🤣
Your and You're doesn't bother me half as much as to and too does.
3 reasons why America is about to end
1 Populations becoming weak in the math skills
2 arguing about nonsense
3 avoiding the facts
America ended because the existence of Christopher Columbus
@@casualcaster5895 not really dumb if its true.
4. Supporting psycho Trump!
@UCLID5arP1gvqkADkM39hCQg its dump because it's true
Decadence
It’s cringe that all these Americans didn’t learn math correctly lol, just type it in your calculator and you shall posses the answer to the equation
Beware! Cheap calculators still give the wrong answer.
Try this: 2+3*4 It should be 14. Cheap calculators say it's 20... 🥴
E Knaap meh, you could do the cheap calculator a favor and type it in the way it should solve it and not how it’s put, but I guess you’re saying Americans are using cheap calculators then? Makes sense😂
@@YDKMFS but the thing is that calculators aren't always right either, they each follow their own logic and even two expensive ones might give different answers, the problem is that the said expression is poorly written, the answer is actually up to interpretation since there is no priority rule between division and multiplication. So it can be seen as (8/2)*4 or 8/(2*4), and both are right.
Accard Adrien no because scientific calculators follow a universal set of rules
@@fazbearsgamingbagel9614 there is no conventional rule for multiplication and division, so the calculator will follow the logic it follows for all its expressions. And mathematicians alike agreed to consider these kind of expressions to be ambiguous and poorly written
Thank you America for making me feel smart
Ikr I feel like genius right now.
Ok then. What’s the answer?
This is a global issue, not an American one
And now we understand why Trump is the president...
Yeah, because otherwise there would have actually been a decent candidate...
Norell A. Winburn #YangGang lmao
Yeah because Hillary was a terrible alternative
@@chill-_-839 In hindsight, was she?
Nighthawk What Hillary? Decent? Fuck off, Trump seems shit but compared to her you guys are much better off
BODMAS
I am just gonna leave it here
We learned MDAS
I learned PEMDAS
I learned SEDMAS
psychoman 13 same
BEDMAS
Everyone: Big Brain
Americans: Let's do math left to right!
😂😂😂 trust who says lets do math from left to right, I mean wtf this isnt reading.
Thats how you do multiplication and division, left to right. Addition and subtraction go left to right too, this is because they both have the same priority, other than that, its BODMAS or PEMDAS or BIDMAS or VBODMAS or however you put it.
What I was seeing was americans going right to left.
its left to right
Not an American thing.
Left to right is a global requirement of math
The answer is 16
Its so simple, just use one the following:
PEMDAS
BODMAS
BEDMAS
BIDMAS
Does BDSM work?
@@uadgauddhf hahaaaaaaa
Yeah every time
I've been taught all of them....😂
I know bod as what’s the others
Shout out to BIDMAS gang
Two plus two is four, minus one that's three, quick math
Lol dumb
What the........
@@joshualwc whooosh
*Mafs
everyday man's on the block
smoke trees
Everybody be like BODMAS or BIDMAS but the real question is where my BEDMAS squad at??
OH CANADA!!!!
Even computers follow bedmas
Bedmas in NZ too baby
@@Financefrenzytv we have bedmas in southern Africa
🙌🙌
They didn't even have an expert to solve the problem and explain the answer...
Do you really need one ... Bruh
@@BooHi Lol no... the education in my country isn´t perfect either, but that equation is easy. Just thought that besides joking about the whole story they could also enlighten the people that didn´t know how to solve it. Wouldn´t have been so hard don´t ya think?
@@einfachnurleo7099 Prob
Maybe if they got a european third grader with a A in math it could have been explained
einfach nur Leo you don’t need an expert
I love how everyone in the comments are roasting the Americans when the Americans roasts us for small things they find funny but for real they can't even do simple Maths🤣😂
I find it odd that everyone is roasting Americans as if this were an American issue.
Literally has zero to do with the U.S.
This is an issue across all countries.
Order of Operations people. Math is not that hard, (this comes first).
don't forget that 2( ) is NOT the same as 2x( ) !!!
@@angeldelvax7219 except it is though...
Yup...the formula of BODMAS(bracket>off>divison>multiplication>addition>substraction)
There's a fun acronym for that P.E.M.D.A.S
@@angeldelvax7219 It is.
The biggest problem that math equation raises is a severe lack of uniformity in the United States education system.
Jeffery Brown 🙏🏽
Exactly. They didn’t teach BODMAS and to me it’s so much better without it. With it, the minds of students become rigid with thinking, unable to find other solutions. In order to learn I believe students should explore and experiment, finding the best solution for a problem
People in comments fighting over BODMAS and PEMDAS. Let me clarify this mess for you B and P the first letters of both sets stands for brackets and parentheses which means same this"()" ok. Now O and E the 2nd letters of both sets stands for Order(Off) and exponents which are same, eg- 9 ,5 , x, y, .( Now for clarification Order is an old British term for Off which is modern. Now then next is DM or MD which means Division/Multiplication or vice versa and that is the cause of all problems, the DM or MD doesn't mean that Division is before Multiplication or Multiplication is before Division, they are however in the same rank which means whoever comes first is calculated first. And the Same goes for "AS" as well. Hope I made it clearer for you guys. Not a native English speaker so pardon me.
@@bluffyC People in comments fighting over BODMAS and PEMDAS. Let me clarify this mess for you B and P the first letters of both sets stands for brackets and parentheses which means same this"()" ok. Now O and E the 2nd letters of both sets stands for Order(Off) and exponents which are same, eg- 9 ,5 , x, y, .( Now for clarification Order is an old British term for Off which is modern. Now then next is DM or MD which means Division/Multiplication or vice versa and that is the cause of all problems, the DM or MD doesn't mean that Division is before Multiplication or Multiplication is before Division, they are however in the same rank which means whoever comes first is calculated first. And the Same goes for "AS" as well. Hope I made it clearer for you guys. Not a native English speaker so pardon me.
The answer is 1.. this is the difference of education, I don't know in the US but here in our country we don't need to use calculator. Unless you're dealing with calculus or higher mathematics.
Asian: W E A K L I N G
I'm really not trying to flex here but a whole country is having a tough time with this simple question? I thought them stereotypes were just rumours...
This is global.
Don't know why people think it is a U.S. thing
'Murica. The rest of the world is laughing. This country is finish.
This equation is dividing the world i can tell you all the Middle East is talking about it
we were always laughing. Yet we knew, when these braindead, fat inbred`s attack, we`re fucked.
@shinto666 And you must be a 'Murican. Fuck, yeah.
abdullah shabaneh really? You are in contact with everyone in the Middle East? Impressive
This is exactly why people should try learning math at the khanacademy website and watch Sal Khan’s Ted Talks on education.
If you’re not sure just ask your Asian classmate
Or everybody not from America
As an Asian I say it 1
Am Asian, it's 1
FryPlay why do you think that
AbdulMannan Babar please explain how you got to that answer
There's a difference between saying "I don't know" than simply guessing without even trying to solve it
I do know.
The answer is 16
0:39 "it would've been 1 a hundred years ago but now the answer is 16" . Tht cracks me up hard 😂. Dude are u high or sumthing?
He is right though
No, he's not...
@@ColonelBlair Yes, he is. A hundred years ago juxtaposition (the implicit multiplication) would have been interpreted as having higher priority than using the explicit multiplication operator, but not today. Today, there's no difference and 4/2x must be interpreted as (4/2)*x. This issue is avoided by using fractions.
@@ColonelBlair he is right. Didnt you learn history of mathematics when you were in school?
@@MulleDK19 I was responding to op asking if he was high.. I agree it wasn't clear
(8/2)(2+2) not equal to 8/(2(2+2))
Please tell them!
Thank you!
Thanks. I didn't even see how 1 could be the answer
8÷2×(2+2)=16
8÷2(2+2)=1
I have a masters in math its 1 yall
Why do I feel like I was the only person taught BEDMAS?
Cuz were bed mad people
Nah dawg - I feel you
Right? Like shit I'm realizing the world is just full of stupid people xD the only answer is 16 anyone saying 1 obv is in some 3rd world shit hole that didn't teach bedmas
BEDMAS doesn't always work
Like in this case since you do the division first then the brackets
Use the Principle of BODMAS...
According to Bodmas rule, if an expression contains brackets ((), {}, []) we have to first solve or simplify the bracket followed by of (powers and roots etc.), then division, multiplication, addition and subtraction from left to right. Solving the problem in the wrong order will result in a wrong answer...
I.E. 8÷2 (2+2) = 16
I thought it was 16 a while ago but you have to add inside the brackets
I say it's 16. You have to do first what's INSIDE the brackets. So if you do brackets first you have 8/2*4. If you read it left to right like you said, it's 16. The reason why it's confusing is we'd usually write something like 8+2(2+2) or 8/2*(2+2), but not 8/2(2+2).
@@AntonioSanchez-cb7gt no that's not what makes it confusing. In maths you can just write it without the x
@@AntonioSanchez-cb7gt Theree two ways to do the brackets, what you did was wrong, yes you can add the numbers inside the brackets, but you have to multiply its sum by thr number infront of the brackets.
8÷2(2+2)
The other way is
Multiply the 2 infront of the brackets with both of the numbers inside the brackets, so it ends up as 8÷(4+4)
Now add the 4's together which equals 8
8÷8 is 1
You do the brackets first, right? One might argue that the brackets aren't complete until they expanded out I.e.
8÷2(2+2)
8÷2(4)
8÷8
This would make the multiplication a function of the brackets and thus, higher on the priority scale you use; BODMAS, BIDMAS, PEMDAS, Etc.
pemdas - parenthesis, exponents, multiply, division, addition, subtraction
8/2(2+2) parenthesis
8/2*4 exponents
8/2*4 multiply
32/2 divide
16
Unless you change standard notation.
no the original equation equals 1 it becomes sixteen when you put it into a calculator because its missing extra parenthesis
it asks 8 divided by 2(2+2) in the original question visualize this as
8/(2(2+2))=1 where the mistaken conversion makes it 8/2 *(2+2)=16
This is why we need Andrew yang 2020
M.A.T.H
Make America Think Harder
Sadly the majority believe that thinking is boring.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Make America think harder?? You mean make America think AGAIN??? Nobody thinks anymore.
THIS NEEDS TO BE HIS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"my illegitimate child found my address, twice!"
🤣🤣🤣
And what?
Smarter than most of Americans, that's what she saying.
RespectMathias I just quoted him, man. (2:50)
The 'MATH IS MATH!!' meme: My time has come.
The real correct answer:
don't use ÷
use :
LannyLarrie nah dont use einher of them. Write them under each other
@@alkair422 im too lazy to do
This
_____
Shit
Just put more parentheses: 8/(2(2+2))
I'm almost finished with my bachelor in Aerospace Engineering at the university and I got the answer wrong, because everybody normally uses parentheses. It should be either 8/(2*(2+2)) or (8/2)*(2+2). Just because one doesn't remember the Order of Operations between division and multiplication doesn't mean he/she is dumb or bad at math. The equation itself is stupid. And making fun of Americans for this is even dumber.
i dont feels so bad about doing poorly in my engineering exams when half the USA cant figure out basic math.
What's the answer then?
You must be an Asian
@@spandanasen8482 im 8th generation white Australian. but don't let that get in the way of ur racist stereotypes.
@@aminaali2668 the answer is 1
To be fair ,being bad at engineering maths would probably put a lot of peoples lives at risk , if engineering path is the one you want
Have americans never learnt the BODMAS rule.
#Make America great again!
Im from America. I learned PEMDAS
i'm from korea. i learn MEDGAM
I learnt bidmas
Mohamed Aiboud Ye
I’m from Canada, I learned PEDMAS
That explains why some of the USA answered China as to what country they fought in Civil wars. 😅
For everybody using distributive property, the coefficient is NOT 2. It is 8/2 which makes it 4. If you input four into the brackets, you get 8+8 which is 16.
Jeric White Distributive property my friend.
I think it is easier to understand if you look at 8/2 not as a division but as a fraction. That would equal to
8*(2+2)
________
4
@@askneldiven2177 You mean:
8
-----------
2(2+2)
@@ricardoislove9718 that is incorrect because the question is a/b(b+b) and not a/(b(b+b))
-_-
Just do this
8÷2(2+2)
4*4
16
Easy
This video makes me grateful for two things. 1) I am through with school and 2) I am not American. Policemen on horseback here mostly means there is a parade.
Here in Rome we have police on horseback in high uniform patroling the center. Just because they look better around the monuments.
As a fellow canadian, I just like to say, how's it going?
Heyyyy more Canadians
Okay okay. But NO ONE is "divided" over The Lion King. It's universally acknowledged:
Animated > Live action
Its 2019!!! Live action is always better
I just saw the new one, and I honestly thought I was watching the same movie as the original. Well done, but it was an exact copy.
@@nottheterminator968 Why?
@Sigart because it’s 2019 apparently.
Because that is a reasonable answer
@@Error-lo8fs Apparently -_-; It's like these people don't have a n ounce of reflective thought between them.
There is no consensus as to how to solve "a / bc", as it would be traditionally written as a fraction with a clear numerator and denominator, and would only be written like this in recent years due to computers.
The academic consensus is, if you must write it in one line, reduce confusion by writing (a/b)c or a/(bc).
You are mistaken.
a/bc is to be solved a/(bc)
There is ZERO doubt about this.
The problem lies in people not understanding that this isn't a/bc
This is a/b(c) which is to be solved a/b first then multiplied by c
The problem is in people thinking a/bc instead of doing the a/b(c) math that is actually written in front of them
“Live action Lion King” is still fully animated
Real Time rendering alias live:D
We could solve the uber traffic problem by investing in better public transit and urban planning....
And the conservatives start shouting "that is socialism!! Look at Venezuela, their president is a bus driver!!"
Lol that make oil company and automobil company lose alot of money
0:40 - This guy not only knows maths, he also knows history. (And he’s correct, BTW)
care to elaborate?
suga how you get so fly Bedmas wasn’t always a thing.
suga how you get so fly - I wish I could find the article from which I learnt this. The confusion in the example given is whether to treat the problem as
8 / 2 * 4 (which most people get right)
or
8 / 2y where y = 4 (which is ambiguous).
The article I read said that prior to the end of WWI, 2(2 + 2) would have an implicit precedence and be treated as 2y where y = 4. Later texts removed that ambiguity.
suga how you get so fly -
Found it.
Lennes, N. J. “Discussions: Relating to the Order of Operations in Algebra.” The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 24, no. 2, 1917, pp. 93-95.
Lennes states:
“A series of operations involving multiplication and division alone shall be performed in the order in which they occur from left to right.”
Lennes goes on to note that the above rule is contrary to established usage, where:
“All multiplications are to be performed first and the divisions next.”
and
“The multiplications may be taken in any order, but the divisions are to be taken in the order in which they occur from left to right.”
@@sugahowyougetsofly9870 I swear your name got me so confused until I realized your an Army, Hello friend
Asian here. The answer is 1. Since BODMAS is confusing everyone, how about simple algebra? Remember this part: 2(a+b) = (2a+2b)? Yeah let's use that rule.
Regardless of whether (a+b) is solved first or not, 2 is attached to that bracket. That's why both order of solving this question works: 2(2+2) = 8 or (4+4) = 8
If 8/2(a+b) and 8/(2a+2b) don't produce the same results, you're doing the math wrong.
By applying BODMAS, 8÷2×(2+2) is much more different than 8÷2(2+2).
The first priority is within brackets
1. (2+2) = (4)
Keep in mind the brackets is still there
2. Next priority is removing the brackets by solving 2(4)
2(4) = 8
Where people think the answer is 16, is by assuming it is written as 8 ÷ 2 × 1(2+2). If there isn't a number outside the brackets, there is automatically a 1 outside of it, written or not.
3. Next priority then finally is the ÷ or ×.
8÷8 = 1
Y'all are dumb thinking it's 16.
That's exactly what I've always been explaining to Americans, but they keep on thinking that 8:2x(2+2) is the same as (8:2)x(2+2).
@@rebeccahofstede5430 Agreed it's 1.
"8÷2×(2+2) is much more different than 8÷2(2+2)."
That is false.
they are exactly the same
@@rebeccahofstede5430 "they keep on thinking that 8:2x(2+2) is the same as (8:2)x(2+2)."
It is.
Thanks for showing other countries can look dumb too.
The answer is 16
@@walchy07 No
The math problem:
Basically the confusion arrises from the use of two different types of notification. You have the "÷" sign which is used in elementary school and arithmetic to introduce children to the concept of division, and you have multiplication expressed without a sign "2(2+2)", which would typically be used in algebra, calculus or other more advanced math.
Two consistent ways to write the problem that wouldn't cause confusion would be:
arithmetic notation: 8 ÷ 2 x (2+2)
algebraic notation: 8(2+2)/2
Basically in algebraic notation you would use a ratio sign and bring all the numerators and all the denominators of a given term together in a ratio. The way the problem is written and the spacing between the terms makes it seem like the division sign is a shorthand to write a ratio: 8 / (2(2+2)).
I wouldn't fault anyone for interpreting the problem one way or another. It was the person who wrote the equation's job to be consistent with its use of mathematical terms.
Source; I'm a doctor.
I think you "messed up" with the algebra notation, as the original problem never have 8 multiplied by anything. The actual notation would be, I believe, 8/2 (2+2) (except the '8/2' would be stacked vertically, 8 over 2). If writing on a computer it would be (8/2)(2+2) instead. Ultimately it is the same thing, I am just trying to make it look closer to how it was originally written.
This is correct. Also a ton of people saying pemdas/bedmos/whatever were taught this little saying to learn the order of operations without actually having the logic behind it explained.
Many remember that add/sub are 'weighted' the same, as are div/mul from this saying, but not the left to right rule used in the 'full explanation' of the order of operations. This matters because while mul/div are 'of the same importance' the order they are applied does matter because they aren't 'symmetrical' (there is a different 'proper' word for this but I don't remember atm, whoops) - meaning it may not matter how something is multiplied but division is different - [5*6 is the same as 6*5, but the same isn't true if it is division instead of multiplication.]
Far too many teachers taught the sayings (bodmas/pedmas/whatever) without actually teaching- and making sure it was properly understood- the logic system behind it . I know a few 'good' school systems where the reasoning behind the order just isn't taught at all- not considered as important as just finishing the lessons and teaching 'to the test' instead of teaching to actually understand.
Edit: and yeah Heatth I think you may be right, but given how many different sources people originally saw this I imagine it was 'twisted' from some places to the next.
@@heatth1474 The correct way to write the expression is 8÷[2(2+2)]. You ALWAYS resolve the brackets first.
@@lungisatakane772 There are no brackets in the problem. You can't just add stuff so that you can be right. 8÷2(2+2)= is a valid math equation. 8÷[2(2+2)] is a different problem.
@@nicolew672 8÷2 (2+2) is 8÷(2 (2+2) if it was 8÷2×(2+2) then it would be 16
Order of operations I’m gonna leave it at that people
Multiplication and division don't have a order.
Missing Paranthesis are the problem.
Is it 8/(2*(2+2)) or (8/2)*(2+2)
@@wolfVFV yes but order of operations Sais that you go left to right for multiplication and division
@@wolfVFV in Iran we learned in elementary school that multiplication has priority over division, so the answer here is obvious and unanimous.
@@wolfVFV m8, 2(2+2) is the same as 2×(2+2) therefore:
8÷2(2+2)=
8÷2 × (2+2)=
8÷2 × (4)=
4 x 4 = 16
khiareozma khiar My thought too, from Sweden.
Everyone who studied math knows that you start with what's in the brackets
Well yeah, everybody in here got that far xD
It's the step after the brackets that confuses people
@@salisburybavo ^
@Higg Bands The step is 8/2 because multiplication and division take no priority over each other and thus you do it left to right making it (8/2) * 4.
@Higg Bands it is indeed equal to 2*(2+2). But according to, yknow, math, if both actions are on the same level, like division and multiplication, you work from left to right
@Higg Bands what? I don't feel like the answer is 16. I don't know whichever way I look at it the answer is 1 😀
FOIL=First, Inside, Outside, Last. 8/2(2+2)= 4*4=16. How anyone could get 1 as an answer is beyond reason.
They keep wanting to mentally add another set of () making it 8/(2(2+2)) instead of working the problem as it is written
@@MrGreensweightHist not sure you studied math. FOIA is the respected formula. Whatever you're trying to achieve seems bitter and condescending. Maybe study math and not be cloistered. Open your frame of reference and stop blaming. Darling. Please catch up with the human world.
8/2 x4 is 16 got me. Try death * everything equals nothing. Look in the lexicon.
@@Canucklehead557 "not sure you studied math"
I did.
And taught it.
Please reread.
I was not disagreeing with you
I was explaining how other people get it wrong because you said, "How anyone could get 1 as an answer is beyond reason."
@@MrGreensweightHist Read more what? You didn't post more.
The only thing I can say for sure is that we must stop using "÷" as a symbol for division
Edit: It appears that I'm not clear enough.
What I'm saying is that there's a much unambiguous way to represent division, especially by using a horizontal line with the numerator at the top and the denominator at the bottom. Therefore, we will know whether the (2+2) is separate from the fraction or is part of the denominator.
Diego Sosa You would write it in the form of a fraction which would get rid of the ambiguity. The question could either be
8 or 8
- -- (2+2)
2(2+2). 2
The two different answers is because of the lack of clarity in the actual question.
@@Socialmania1704 if that is why its causing a depate then the equation should be the second one because if it was the first one then 2(2+2) should be in parenthesis
But why?
Yes instead of divide... We will use divide? Makes sense
Sebastian Rivera You are correct, that’s what the sum was intended to be. However some people interpret 8/2(2+2) as 8/2(4) which would imply (2+2) is in the denominator. Writing it in fractional form would ensure that the questions is more clear. Also writing equations with division and multiplication using fractional forms makes the calculation waaaaay easier if you dont have a calculator. Fractional form is quite useful.
The answer to that equation clearly is 1. And it has nothing to do with the order you prefer to solve it, it is just the way the equation is written down:
8/2(2+2) is an equation based on TWO units, the first unit is the numerator "8", the second unit is the denominator "2(2+2)" (which is 8 again).
If the answer was 16, the equation would have to be made out of THREE units; the numerator "8", a denominator "2" and a multiplier (2+2). However, in that case the equation would have to be written down as 8/2 * (2+2), which is not the case here.
One might argue that the way it is written down wasn't clear enough and that both interpretations would work. And a second pair of brackets would be needed to clearly come to the first solution;
8/(2(2+2))
However, the original style "2(2+2)" is simply identical to "(2(2+2))". You can control the solution by getting back to the equation from the results:
1 = 8(a)/8(b) ;
8(a) = 8
8(b) = 2*4
4 = 2+2
-->
8(b) = 2*(2+2) = 2(2+2)
1 = 8(a)/8(b) = 8/2(2+2)
^ no necessary second pair of brackets
-----------------
16 = 4(a) * 4(b)
4(a) = 8/2
4(b) = 2+2 = (2+2)
--> 16 = 4(a) * 4(b) = 8/2 * (2+2)
^ necessary multiplication sign
---------------------
No multiplication sign in the equation --> Solution is "1".
It might have changed, as what I was taught is that aside from the order of operations the rest is left to right as they appear. My teachers never gave any distinction between writing the “*”, which would lead to the answer being 16.
I say it might have changed because I am very young (13) and if you’re any older it’s possible you were taught something different. Of course I could be wrong, my school isn’t known for having the best teachers.
Dude, I'm genuinely interested in this
How does 2(2+2) becomes (2(2+2))? I never heard of this before in my life
@@Filsaveol
Well... The problem is... I'm German, so I hope I get the vocabulary right here;
The written style 2(2+2) means that the whole thing builds one unit. It basically says that you have one number from which a "2" got ...excluded? ("Ausgeklammert" in German). To undo the exclusion (?), you have to solve the whole term and end up getting "8" as a result. So it doesn't matter if you write "2(2+2)" or "(2(2+2)" because it both states that you have to do the multiplication "2*4" before doing anything else left in the equation. Only if it was written as "2 * (2+2)" the brackets (2 * (2 +2)) would be necessary to clearly show that this step has to be done before the division.
There's a difference between cross "×" and dot "•"
Here 8÷2(2+2) represents "dot"
i.e. (i) 8÷2•(2+2) and not
(ii) 8÷2×(2+2)
To which the answer is :
(i) 1 and not
(ii) 16
Comm'n guys u've to trust me afterall I'm INDIAN😂
Hahaha😂😂 I'm a JEE aspirant, and questions like these make me laugh out loud
@@sanyuktashukla6030 I am an IITian and you aren't going to clear JEE by wasting your time on TH-cam lmao
Ur wrong lol
The rule Bidmas in math states you have to do the brackets first so 2+2=4 then d for division which is 4 the 4x4 is 16
@@k.k1ng351 lemme correct you buddy, ( afterall half knowledge is a dengerous thing)
First learn when to use:
BIDMAS is used when there is indices in question, do you find any? I didn't.
If only you had known what 'indices' is so search for it.
Next, when there's clash between questions containing index and non index, we prefer 'with index'.
Next time don't come with PEDMAS. LOL😂.
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16
MulleDK19 1
@@mr_boo. it's 16
@@mr_boo. u do 8÷2(2+2) which is 4x4 which is 16
@@mr_boo. 8:2(2+2)= 8:2x4= 4x4
left to right
The fact that the people leading the country can’t figure out the answer to a 4th grade question really puts into perspective the hands the country is in
To be fair if use childrens math the operation answer is 16 and to be 1 must be writen like 8/(2(2+2)) but in engeeniring, phisics and mechanics papers nobady will write the second brakets and will still means 1. The devison signt will mean that devident will be the left of the the devision sign and devisor will be all on the right side.
1919 = in a hundred yrs we will go to Mars
2019 = average human gets lost on elementary school problem
Average American, you mean.
@@timmartindale75 touchè
Now, for the equation:
8÷2(2+2)
You solve the parantheses, as the parantheses is above all (You end up with 8÷2×4=4×4=16).
When you have 8÷2×4 you have to solve in the order that they appear, from left to right so it's 8÷2 first, which is 4, and then 4×4 so the right answer is 16
Hey that left to right reason is wrong.
The actual reason is that division should be done before multiplication.
Forget the left to right stuff since most operations are commutative. If the division is troubling you in any reasoning because it's not, remember that you can swap it for a multiplication as in /y is the same as *(1/y). So it's 8 * 0.5 * 4, which can be done in any order whatsoever. everything is commutative. Same with subtraction. "-y" is "+ (-y)". in reality you could consider any simple calculus like that as a combination of addition and multiplications, with no subtractions or divisions whatsoever.
@@zefyrisd69 ok ok but the correct answer is still 16 right?
@@attackhelicopter3860 yes, as the person above me said, it's the "reason" that was off for one part, not the answer itself.
@@zefyrisd69 Thanks for this method. It will surely help me in my exams.
"it would have been one a 100 years ago but now it's 16" BRUUUH 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's actually right lol.
That's why division exercises are written in a different way when they hit a certain level of complexity (any above VERY BASIC). You know, the one where you put one part above the other. Which basically just acts as another bracket. Case closed.
In other news: Hadn't the US systematically destroyed public transportation in most of the country to appease the mighty automobile gods, traffic would be much less of a problem.
Agreed. I haven’t seen any expression written in that manner in such a long time, and I wouldn’t be happy if I saw anyone I’ve worked with writing such a thing. (I could go on about public transport, but I’ll leave that out for now)
That wouldn't make any difference here though, because the problem why so many struggle with this is, that a(b+c) means: a times the sum of b+c. It doesn't matter that in the given case a is the quotient of 8 divided by 2. So to make it less confusing for people who don't use math every day, it could be written like this: 8÷2*(2+2) or if you really wanna include your method: 8/2 * (2+2). Written with the * it would be more natural and therefore I think less people would get confused and mix up the order of operations
@@TomteMiley: The issue isn't with the brackets, and even without them and instead inserting the result you'll get the same argument happening. Most people understand that any expression in brackets is to be evaluated first, relatively few (if any) know or agree on what to do with expressions of the form "x÷yz", with some interpreting it as "(x÷y)z" and others as "x÷(yz)". That is why the proper fraction notation (which involves writing all the numerator and denominator terms where you intend them to be, _not_ just replacing the ÷ symbol with the / symbol) is almost essential when you get beyond two terms in the denominator of your desired division.
now at university, we don't even use / anymore. Division is just multiplication with the unknown amongst the factors
@@resir9807: Hmm, depends on what course you're doing. Fraction notation is still very common in university level math(s) courses (and if you get taught LaTeX along the way, you'll probably learn the \frac{}{} command early on) however when you start dealing with more abstract algebra you'd then probably use something like a^{-1} rather than 1/a.
Ok America, if an Indian kid fails to do this he'll be living on streets then.
Same with an asian
Same with *other* Asians. Indians are Asians too. Not trying to start a debate here though. :)
I’m Indian too looool
If a European says/writes ''a Indian'' he/she will be corrected by the English teacher.
What about mi? Will I be smart enough for this, or will mi Latinoness block that with crime and shit
8:2(2+2)=
8:2*(2+2)=
8:2*(4)=
left to right
4*(4)=
16
You're doing it wrong. 2(2+2) isn't 2*(2+2). It can be solved like 8/2(2+2) = 8/(4+4) = 8/8 = 1. Because there is two ways of dealing with brackets. For example: x(y+z) can be solved like (xy+xz). And answer will be correct. But for porpoise of simplicity you can also do firstly y+z and multiply result of that operation by x.
Is american education really that bad?
Correct. The answer can only be 16... If you somehow got another answer all you've done is proven that you don't understand mathematics.
2(4)=/=2*4
jimbo () = the same as x for example
2x = 2 * x
Wow guys... You solve the problem inside the bracket first. That's why there is a bracket 😂😂 Math doesn't care about your feelings🙈
2+2=4
8÷2=4
4×4=16
Lmao😂😂
@@mapsarabic1227 - No. The order of operations is entirely clear and undebatable. There is only one correct order, and the answer can only be 1. PEMDAS. The 8 is definitely the numerator and 2(2+2) is certainly the denominator. 8/2(2+2) can only be interpreted as 8/[2(2+2)], but a mathematician would never use those brackets, because it's redundant. In order to get rid of the parenthesis, which is the first step, you have to apply the multiplication function to what is inside the parenthesis before you can move on to divide numerator from denominator. There is absolutely no other way to see it.
@@SpaceTrashCrash If you got 1, you didn't follow orders of operations.
0:30 why does it annoy me so much that she says "number one" instead of just one
It is one though
edboss that’s where you’re wrong pal. This is basic BIDMAS (brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition and subtraction) that’s the order that you should solve it. If you’re getting the answer 1 then you’re putting the multiplication before the division
Jimmy Coltart you multiply whatever out of the bracket inside so it would be 2(2) and 2(2)
edboss inside the bracket is 2+2 and outside the bracket it’s 8 divided by 2. If you work those out you get 4 and 4 then you simply times them together. That’s what is meant by multiplying the inside of the bracket to the outside
Jimmy Coltart i was taught that you always did the inside of the bracket first. So fx 8/2(2+2) so you do 2+2 first. Then you mulitply with the number outside the bracket. So you’ll get 8/2*4 and at last you divide the last numbers with eachother. 8:8=1
This is why aliens never come go earth
me: *uses a calculator*
I read that problem as 8 divided by, two times 2+2, giving me 1.
i would usually write that down as
8
-----------
2(2+2)
though.
So the real question is: WTF do you mean by 8/2(2+2)= ???
8 divided by 2 is 4, multiply that by 4 and you get 16
The problem is, you are seeing it as if it were 8÷(2(2+2)) instead of 8÷2(2+2)
As a fraction it should look like this, because the 2 is not grouped to the (2+2)
8
----- (2+2)
2
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I heard yanny. I only heard laurel when I listened to an edited photo of the dress.
No one remembers "PLEASE Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally"?
Suuper Maantattz Ikr
PEMDAS????? lawdy have mercy!!!!! 🙈🙈🙈😥
Facts
In some other countries, we have BODMAS : Bracket of Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
@@surajtomar4870 Like here in Nepal
8/2(2+2)
8/2*4
4*4
16
According to the order of operations, the brackets are completed first. In this case, 2+2. Then indices, of which none are in this expression. Then division and multiplication of equal priority, if operations of equal priority are present, they are completed in the order they appear so 8/2 NOT 2*4. If the order of operations is correctly followed, you are left with 4*4 which is 16.
TL;DR
The expression is equivalent to (8/2)(2+2) NOT 8/(2(2+2))
For those who are still divided whether the answer is 1 or 16.
The answer is 16.
So from the original formula
8 ÷ 2 (2+2)
Make it equal to either 1 or 16. Then substitute one of the value for a variable, like x. So it would look like this.
8 ÷ 2 (2+x) = 16
Or
8 ÷ 2 (2+x) = 1
Now solver for x.
For the first formula
8 ÷ 2 (2+x) = 16
8(2+2) = 2(16)
(2+x) = 32 ÷ 8
x = 4 - 2
x = 2
Now for the second
8 ÷ 2 (2+x) = 1
8(2+x) = 2(1)
(2+x) = 2 ÷ 8
x = 0.25 - 2
x = -1.75
Solving for x with the formula equating to 16 gets you to the original formula. Meanwhile, the formula equating to 1 gets you a different formula of:
8 ÷ 2(2-1.75)
So for the people still debating for 1 it's completely wrong.
You obviously don't know the order of operations.
Don’t pretend to be smart with this type of logic, the reason why it’s 16 is because we go from left to right.
@@nathanallsup1224 moarfunxd was proven that 1 was not the correct answer, and they did so properly.
@@MrGreensweightHist I agree the answer is 16. I think I may have responded to the wrong comment possibly? Then answer definitely is not 1
@@nathanallsup1224 I think, perhaps, you saw him DISPROVING 1 and mistakenly thought he was trying to prove it.
IDK.
Not psychic ☺
Bracket
Exponent
Divide
Multiply
Addition
Subtract
Bedmas...
Don’t you mean PEMDAS?
Parentheses
Exponent
Multiply
Divide
Addition
Subtraction
Doesnt matter y'all live in a different area
@@Winky51 basically that's the English versiom
Unfortunately, the education system isn't equal everywhere.
Beside, it's really
B or P (means the same thing)
E
MD or DM, whichever comes first from the left.
AS or SA, same as above.
Winks same thing.
The problem isn’t that people are doing the maths wrong. The question isn’t explicit enough.
It should either be:
(8/2)(2*2)=16
or
8/(2(2*2)=1
Bodmas means you do brackets first, then orders, the division and multiplication (not division first, they are on the same level), then addition and subtraction (which can also be done in any order)
www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/science/math-equation-pemdas.amp.html
Missed a closing bracket in the second version. Also, part of the problem is that rules like BODMAS and PEMDAS fail to emphasise the two same-level pairs, evaluated left to right.
TheCasualCaster im so hard rn
If this is your problem 8/2(2+2) this means you first have to do the numbers within the captions so (2+2)=4 than your problem will look like this 8/2*4. After this you just follow the problem 8/2 = 4. 4*4 = 16.
This whole comment sums up 85% of American education.
It's 16, right? Right??
Yes
Thanks for this debate people in other countries ,where people go to school to actually study, feel intelligent
To be fair if use school math the operation answer is 16 and to be 1 must be writen like 8/(2(2+2)) but in engeeniring, phisics and mechanics papers nobady will write the second brakets and will still means 1. The devison signt will mean that devident will be the left of the the devision sign and devisor will be all on the right side. And if you wan't to mean 16 will be writen like so (8/2)(2+2)
Whatever happened to BODMAS?
Me1 Marg wtf is bodmas? Im from asia and I never heard of ir
Yeah that's what I learnt in maths
Ikr
@Jarmo LatvaKokko Same thing
@Jarmo LatvaKokko Same thing
The guy at 0:40 is right. First the part in brackets is not disputed, so I can simplify the problem to 8/2*4. The modern order of operations is multiplication+division, then addition+subtraction, then left to right for equal precedence, so the problem is ((8/2)*4) or 16. A long time ago, however, multiplication was done before division, as the division symbol was treated like a fraction, so the problem is (8/(2*4)) or 1.
Now I understand why parents get confused when helping their children with homework
So... both answers are correct???
When did that change? As an engineer myself and in my field, the answer is 1. I never heard of the description being changed? That would mean that all maths we look at before the change is now wrong...
@@colaboytje Exactly maths does not change its math
However, isn't it true that the number 4 is still within brackets, meaning that it's 8/2(4), which means that the answer would be one? That's how we learned it at least in the Netherlands.
"BODOMAS" i.e. first solve Bracket, then Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction going from Left to Right. You are welcome, America. :)
THANK YOU finally someone in the comments section who knows this 4th grade rule
THANK YOU finally someone in the comments section who knows this 4th grade rule
Gargee Basak ikr lol like Aunt Sally ain’t here for nothing
PEMDAS.
P-parentheses
E-exponent
M-multiplication
D-division
A-addition
S-subtraction
Answer is as goes:
8/2(2+2)=
8/2(4)
8/8= 1
1 is the answer.
Its 16 😂😂😂
You multiply what’s in the brackets with what’s outside. So it’s 4x4
It’s 16.
BIDMAS
brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction
8/2(2+2)
Brackets first, 2+2
That leaves 8/2*4
Division next
8/2 = 4
That leaves 4 * 4
16
But division or multiplication are on the same level and can be done in either order, just like you can do subtraction before addition.
If you do multiplication first, which is in line with the rules, you get 8/2*4
= 8/8
= 1
E. O'Sullivan What rule? Do you follow BIMDAS or whatever?
@@arcadianico it's in order you pillock they are not on the same level.
@@arcadianico as multiplication and division are equal they are done in the order they are written (left to right)
You mean BODMAS...
Maybe there should be more funding for more bus routes, more bus per rout, and bus lanes.
What do you mean making our cities better. And reducing carbon emissions. Are you crazy that's ludicrous.
@@genieglasslamp5028 Wait till I suggest bike paths, and more ramps for disabled access. :P
Yep. Buses are also better for the enviroment, it's 1 engine for 20 passengers, with Uber/Lyft/Taxis it's 1 engine for 1/2 passengers.
According to BODMAS(Brackets,operations, Divisions, Multiplication, Addition,Subtraction)you will have to expand the bracket first which will be 8÷8=1
Bodmas
8÷2(2+2)
8÷2×4
4×4
16
8÷2(4)
8÷8=1
@@billeosman5120 no
When Americans say they’re better than everyone else 😂
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I know right, i always see them wasting their time on debating on stupid stuff
For God's sake it's 16
amany wahba for America sure but everywhere else it’s 1
Isn't BODMAS applied everywhere ? Or just some countries? Either way it's 16.
It's 16 just do the math
P
E
M and D (left to right as they appear)
A and S (left to right as they appear)
Same for BODMAS, just different words. Same answer.
Left to right has nothing to do with it. You can reorder the equation to read
2(2+2) * 1/8 and it is the same equation. Or just think of the whole original equation as a fraction: 8 / [2(2+2)]
Those are all the same equation.
@@bearbrand6626 In accordance with BEDMAS/BODMAS, it should be: 8 / 2 x 4 following left to right which equates to 4 x 4 since the 2 and 4 aren't in brackets.
I know right! Is if nobody paid attention in math class to the order of operations! I'm teaching my rising 5th grader this right now to give her a leg up in the upcoming school year.
@@bearbrand6626 You are right that 2(2+2) * 1/8 = 8/[2(2+2)] but neither of those equations equal 8÷2(2+2)
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Ok listen up everybody. I have got news for you that might help.
1. First and foremost, the expression 8/2(2+2) is something I guess you "can" write, but definitely shouldn't write, precisely because it leads to completely insane debates such as these. In any case, you'll never see me write this on the board for my students. I suppose the debate arose because people a) have different concepts about what the above malformed shorthand expression is supposed to mean, and b) because modern calculators do try their best to evaluate malformed shorthand expressions, and sometimes probably even give different results. A hint is provided at 0:22 to 0:26, where they call they say "It is 8 divided by 2 AND THEN in parentheses 2 plus 2." You can tell that their "AND THEN" is where the problem arises, because we all know two numbers yield a third as their result via an operator, but "AND THEN" is simply not an operator, and there is indeed none to be seen there. That should be enough to show that it is malformed, or - let us be realistic - at least not great shorthand.
2. Now luckily, most of us know that a number in front of brackets means the number is supposed to be MULTIPLIED with the bracket. Well, why don't we write that, huh?
Now we have 8/2*(2+2). Now before some of you yell "Wait, that's something different!", let me just let on that I realize what you may be thinking. You may be thinking: "Because it's multiplication, I have to do it FIRST." Well, that would have all been well and good if our division operator had been a plus or a minus. But the division operator counts just as much as the multiplication operator, which means we go from left to right. The only thing that has to be done first are the brackets, so we actually have 8/2*4 now. (And what were you going to write for that without the * sign? 8/24 ? )
3. Ok, now some of you still might feel like the division sign should put 2*4 in the denominator somehow. Well, this is going to scare you, but from a university level standpoint, one good way to remember whether there is any operator precedence between multiplication and division is that THERE IS NO DIVISION. THERE IS ONLY MULTIPLICATION WITH INVERSE ELEMENTS. This means, that technically, 8/2*4 is actually just 8*0.5*4, because the multiplicative inverse of 2 is "1 over 2", or 0.5. THERE IS NO SUBTRACTION EITHER. THERE IS ONLY ADDITION OF NEGATIVE NUMBERS. This is very scary at first, but the upside is that after we accept that, we can sort calculations with only + or only * any way we want. They are commutative.
This means that now we have either 8 * 0.5 * 4 or any old order you want, all of the calculations give you 16. Those of you that got 1 either implicitly added uncalled-for brackets such as in 8/(2(2+2)) or probably have a calculator that understands / as a horizontal fraction line, putting the entire 2(2+2) into the denominator, which would have to be written UNDERNEATH. But all mathematicians I know understand 8/2(2+2) to either be malformed or denote shorthand for 8/2*(2+2), evaluating to 16 because there is no operator precedence. Kudos to those of you who at least remembered that a plus or a minus instead of / would have required you to do 2*(2+2) first, though. Here, unfortunately, it led to the incorrect result 1.
4. By the way: Brackets are not "used" by convention, they are OMITTED by convention. Since addition and multiplication are functions requiring two operands, we (actually somewhat stupidly!) insert the + or * sign in between the numbers rather than putting it in front where a function operator actually belongs, and this leads to us actually requiring brackets to see what is to be done first. So, when we write 2 + 3 + 5, a computer has to evaluate it as ((2 + 3) + 5) before it gets 10 as an answer (yes, it needs the outer brackets, too!) and only because WE KNOW addition is associative, meaning ((a + b) + c) gets you the same as (a + (b + c)) do we leave off those brackets. Now USUALLY that's great for humans, but in this unfortunate case leaving off those brackets that show what gets done before what was what led to our rules of operator precedence (so we can read 2 + 3 * 4 to be 2 + 12 = 14, not 5 * 4 = 20), and that in turn sometimes leads to confusion over what is correct and what isn't. In this case, 16 was, by our general notational convention, the generally understood result for the debated expression, but it really depends on whether you somehow added extra brackets or put 2(2+2) in a denominator underneath, both immediately turning the result into 1.
If nothing else, try to remember what I said about division actually being multiplying with inverses and subtraction actually being adding negative numbers. Sometimes it can actually make things easier: 3 - 4 + 6 - 5 becomes 3 + (-4) + 6 + (-5), and now sort anyway you want, so 3 + 6 + (-4) + (-5) can be seen to be zero really fast, or "Four divided by two thirds?", what's that supposed to mean? But if you multiply with the inverse... 4 * (3/2) = 4 * 1.5 = 6 is pretty simple.
Ok, sorry for getting nerdy, I realize this was WAY too much, but I hope it helps you solve any "debate". ;)
It's 16
Still unsure, but I'm gonna trust an Indian dudes comment 🤣🤔
😅
Made my day 😂
@@akhonanonkelela6395 Indian dude here says 1 my child ...Bless you
@@nipunkothare I'm Indian too and I can confirm that ans is 16 and bodmass is b.s!!
It's 16.
Apply bodmas
Guys talking about BODMAS, BIDMAS, and BEDMAS, no one talk about PEMDAS?
PEMDAS is what I learned. I think the others may be from other countries? Can we blame Canada ha ha
BOMDAS and BIMDAS for Australia
Spud Ravenclaw I’m Australian but I learnt PEMDAS
Yeah I got taught PEMDAS in the States! Late 2000s
One has MDAS and the other has DMAS. That's were the difference is
Answer is 1.even a 10 year Indian kid can solve it.its a rule BODMAS
Brackets Of Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction.
So we first solve bracket problem then multiply it by 2 and divide 8 by 8 so it comes 1
I thought it was 4 until I remembered you need to multiply it
Tmw you see people using BODMAS but you use BIDMAS 😂😂😂
I was always taught BEDMAS
America again.... The rest of the world just has one syntax but America needs two.
I use pemdas and this bodmas is so new to me
@@Malphordion So ...parenthesis instead of brackets is difficult to grasp?
Never ever thought of using brackets but yes i guess
Everyone: *Debates if it’s 1 or 16*
Me: I got bird
Its 8 m8
@@cocigamer5662 no, 8 divided by 2 is 4, multiply that by 4 and you get 16
I apologize for my rudeness. I shouldn't have belittled you for an innocent joke.
BIDMAS is the rule, so brackets first then indices, then division and/or multiplication and finally addition and/or subtraction.
So 8/2 (2 + 2) would work like this:
- 8/2 (4)
- 4 (4)
= 16.
Therefore the answer is 16.
you have to solve 2(4) first. the bracket is still there. 8 divide 8 = 1
@@notudyeet3130 2(4) isn't multiplication, it is bracket expansion, which you do before division.
WatfordJC that’s distribution. Literally multiplication. It is the same as 2*4. The answer is 16
THe bracket isnt solved yet. the 2 before the bracket is connected to the bracket, its not a stand alone number. The answer is 1.
Tomas Kling it’s not part of the parenthesis. You do what’s inside the parenthesis first, you don’t distribute
The order of operations is entirely clear and undebatable. There is only one correct order, and the answer can only be 1. PEMDAS. The 8 is definitely the numerator and 2(2+2) is certainly the denominator. 8/2(2+2) can only be interpreted as 8/[2(2+2)], but a mathematician would never use those brackets, because it's redundant. There is absolutely no other way to see it.
Not only America.
I got insults for pointing the real result 😂😂
"It would've been 1 a hundred years ago, but now its 16"
People laugh, when he's the only one making some sense (although 100 is an exaggeration)
Prateeth Damodara why??
It’s 1 though. So how does he make sense? I’m still in school and that’s how they still teach math, with bedmas.
@@alex-en9ye it's 16
@@alex-en9ye
8÷2(2×2)
Brackets 8÷2×4
Divide 4×4
Multiple 16
Stay in school kid
Jj Lortez it’s astounding that you’d bully a kid into thinking he has the wrong answer when in fact, you do.
They still didn’t answer the question of which answer is right.
first add 2 to 2 (because that's how brackets work), then you divide 8 by two, and then just multiply the remaining numbers (4 times 4 in case you're wondering), which makes 16
that's the correct answer, everything else is false
8➗2(2+2) = 1
8/2(2+2) = 16
Two different equations, 1st equation 8 and 2 is treated as two different whole number, while on the 2nd equation, fraction 8/2 is treated as one whole number w/c is equal to 4.