Completely off topic and maybe something that should have waited for a Friday Funny post, but I noticed this post trending on the Book of Face today. What amazes me is that there is only one correct answer, but the comments are full of many, many different answers. How can so many people get it wrong? Now, I am not saying that my answer is correct just because it is mine, but because it follows the rules and methodology that I was taught at primary (elementary) school. So here is the question? Below is a poll for you to answer with a selection of the answers found on the Facebook post: Take Our Poll Now to help you, please make sure you remember the Order of Operations mnemonics you probably learnt at school (depending on terminology): Mnemonic Meaning BIDMAS Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction BIMDAS Brackets, Indices, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction BEDMAS Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction BEMDAS Brackets, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction BODMAS Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction BOMDAS Brackets, Orders, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction PIDMAS Parentheses, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction PIMDAS Parentheses, Indices, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction PEDMAS Parentheses, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction PEMDAS Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction PODMAS Parentheses, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction POMDAS Parentheses, Orders, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction What also surprised me was how many people actually remembered the rules, but failed to apply them correctly! Let’s see how many of you get this correct…. Enjoy David PS: Shouldn’t the question be using the plural of Genius? Is that Geniuses or Genii? This article was originally posted on http://www.winthropdc.com/blog . Filed under: Fun Tagged: Fun
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