Math problem

[Doc]

What is your answer. Obviously not "only for genius" as I got it right off.

 

[Lenny]

What is your answer. Obviously not "only for genius" as I got it right off.

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Using my calculator is different than the way I was taught in school.

 

[pirate_girl]

Yup

 

[Kevlar]

I came up with the first two digit prime number

 

[waybomb]

I didn't know you could buy numbers on Prime.

 

[EFNFAST]

5

 

[waybomb]

5

Go back to school.

 

[EFNFAST]

Then, it's gotta be 11

 

[tommu56]

"My dear aunt sally" is a mnemonic phrase used to remember the order of operations in math, standing for "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction" - essentially meaning you should perform calculations in that order when solving a math problem.

 

[pirate_girl]

I've come across this before, and knew the answer, so....lol

 

[Doc]

Yep, the answer is 11.

 

[Kevlar]

"My dear aunt sally" is a mnemonic phrase used to remember the order of operations in math, standing for "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction" - essentially meaning you should perform calculations in that order when solving a math problem.

We were taught BEDMAS, brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.