Correct answer?

[Crispin]

5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0

 

[clivehorridge]

Nevver waz much good at maffs...

...reminds me of the constipated mathematician, who sat down and worked it out with a pencil...

 

[Chas]

Everybody knows the correct answer is . . . . . . 42

 

[Bat21]

15

 

[joinerman]

Just voted wrongly,

Answers O

 

[Chas]

Just voted wrongly,

Answers O

Me too, answer is 0

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

15

 

[LandCruiser1978]

0

 

[Lorin]

Any multiplication of 0 can only ever be 0

 

[Crispin]

Any multiplication of 0 can only ever be 0

Exactly [edit] but there is the BODMAS rule

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

operator precedence means only the last 5 is being multiplied by 0, then do the rest of the sum

 

[TonyP]

BODMAS the multiplication gets done first. Correct answer is 15.

 

[Lorin]

BODMAS the multiplication gets done first. Correct answer is 15.

So it does Never heard of BODMAS before so I just looked it up. I stand corrected and educated

 

[Rob]

The results are not looking too good guys, about half of us don't know how to do basic maths

And how does anyone get 20 or 40?

Lorin I thought you did an undergraduate degree in engineering

 

[Crispin]

And how does anyone get 20 or 40?

Add them all together gets you 40

 

[Lorin]

The results are not looking too good guys, about half of us don't know how to do basic maths

And how does anyone get 20 or 40?

Lorin I thought you did an undergraduate degree in engineering

Amy is the engineer Rob not me. I just checked and she knows what BODMAS means It is rather worrying though. In my job I do work with stats quite a bit I admit to being somewhat embarrassed

 

[TonyP]

Thing is if you do it sequentially as if you are using a calculator the other half woul be correct

 

[Red Oktober]

15

 

[Rob]

Thing is if you do it sequentially as if you are using a calculator the other half woul be correct

You must be using one of those non scientific calculators, I can't remember the last time I have seen one of those https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid ... 40&bih=785

That makes more sense Lorin, forgot it was Amy not you.

 

[Crispin]

google calculator is just no fun
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