| Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | EvilKarmaAngel | 4/27/11 6:32 PM | Can you teach a calculator PEMDAS? Because that is pretty bad. |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | bluequoll | 4/27/11 11:07 PM | Google Calculator follows standard precedence rules: • terms in parentheses • exponents and roots • multiplication and division • addition and subtraction • left to right evaluation for operators of equal precedence If you want the result of your ex |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | pgj99 | 5/3/11 1:57 PM | I'm pretty sure I am correct in saying 6÷2(1+2)= 1, However 6÷2 x (1+2)= 9 Seems there's a lot of confused people out there on the web. I'm begging to question what I know myself. |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | bluequoll | 5/3/11 3:49 PM | Our point of difference is that you seem to be suggesting implied multiplication should have a higher precedence than explicit multiplication? If we agree that the terms in parentheses should be evaluated first, then the query simplifies to 6/2x3. M |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | tanmay100 | 5/15/11 2:03 AM | how about we go to the basic ruleshttp://http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | Thomas P. | 5/15/11 6:42 AM | In: 6/2(1+2), you're really missing an operator. Lets assume the missing operator is multiplication, so the expression really is: 6/2x(1+2) Parenthesis has the highest order of precedence, turning 6/2x(1+2) into 6/2x3 Division and Multiplication ran |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | maxowlPang | 5/26/11 11:50 AM | 6÷2(1+2) THREE WAYS to solve this question: 1st WAY: just forget about the PEMDAS or BODMAS rules, lets come back to the origin of mathematics which is solving human's problem: assumption: Have 6 apples, with 2 classes where combi |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | AhTatZai | 6/2/11 9:43 AM | The problem in it's simplest form, with nothing implied would look like this: (1+1+1+1+1+1 (over) 1) ÷ (1+1 (over) 1) * ((1(over) 1) + (1+1 (over) 1)) From here, nothing is implied, This again, works out to 9. |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | mooredc54 | 6/2/11 10:02 AM | Note: Some calculators do not follow the standard rules of precedence, but bluequoll is correct for standard precedence [aka PEMDAS]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations. |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | Jouten | 6/25/11 2:51 AM | @maxowlPang You did it wrong. Every time. You always added extra parenthesis around 2 and (1+2) and made it [2(1+2)]. You can't do that, because it comes after the division sign. To your 1st WAY: Your assumption is wrong. You pictured the problem |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | pgj99 | 8/12/11 3:51 AM | Lets clarify this a bit...... The answer is 1. If you expand a / b(c+d) is it i) a / (bc + bd) orii) (a/b) * (c + d) Anyone who knows what they are talking about would know that its (i) a / (bc + bd) which of cause = 1 Hope this helps. My q |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | mooredc54 | 8/13/11 4:52 AM | As stated earlier, not all calculators follow rules of PEMDAS. To be clear 6/2(1+2) is not even a valid computation, it is shorthand notation for 6/2*(1+2). http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6%2F2%281%2B2%29 = 9 [using shorthand notation]. http: |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | Thomas P. | 8/13/11 6:10 AM | On a final side-note: Some expensive calculators may distinguish a colon and a slash as being a division operator and a fraction-line to be extended (causing everything entered right/after the slash as being in the denominator). Hence causing differe |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | maxowlPang | 10/20/11 12:49 AM | @ Jouten i think there is some misunderstanding of question that we discuss. This question FIRST come out in internet is 6÷2(1+2) which is NOT 6/2(1+2) i think there is one thing a lot of people wont understand is difference between ÷ |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | maxowlPang | 10/20/11 2:45 AM | The argument we have before us is obelus vs. solidus. Notice, when obelus is typed-out, a red line appears underneath notifying the writer of an error. This is in fact false. I can only deduce that in today's word, we may classify the term as archai |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | maxowlPang | 10/20/11 2:45 AM | you may refer http://minhauong.blogspot.com/2011/05/6212-1-30223506.html good luck |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | Sohail | 3/1/12 5:49 PM | Well well i just did lil research and found that the calculation in hand *6÷2(1+2)=?* is not as simple as it seems, there is alot of debate going on this seemingly simple calculation. The reason is, most of us either are not fully aware or miss out b |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | casmith | 3/1/12 5:56 PM | it is actually correct. The answer is 9. You forgot to add the subtraction sign. The parenthesis right next to the 2 means multiply. |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | rpkon | 4/6/12 12:56 AM | I think your correct |
| Re: Google Calculator said that 6/2(1+2) is 9, but the answer is 1. | Juify | 7/27/12 8:47 PM | For those of you think 6/2(1+2) looks like.. __6_______ 2 (1+2) = 1 but actually look like.. _6_ (1+2) _6(1+2)_ 2 = 2 = 9 look close, ... think again! |