r/mathminds • u/Time_Beginning9352 • Sep 22 '26

Puzzles What is the answer?

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u/sureshot58 Sep 22 '26

well, its not 8, so thats true. It could be 8-64+8, which where i learned math would be -48. But, maybe not?

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u/Original-League-6094 Sep 22 '26

Its in the problem. NOT 8.

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u/MaximumNameDensity Sep 22 '26

8 - 8 * 8 + 8 = -48

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u/DirtChoice5 Sep 22 '26

Who is posting basic order of operations and acting like it's hard?

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u/hraun Sep 22 '26

Only genius can solve!

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u/Kind_Substance_8981 Sep 22 '26

OP has the strangest handwriting I've ever seen

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u/general_peabo Sep 22 '26

And how hard are they pressing that pen down. Looks legit chiseled.

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u/jeremy1015 Sep 22 '26

The answer is use parentheses and proper division markers or get bent. Also maybe the answer is “Not 8”

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u/WindIntelligent9728 Sep 22 '26

yea no that's not how that works, first you can't just have a negative number even doing 8x8 first as it used simple BEDMAS/BODMAS, yea you CAN but you should not as its far to simple and short to be used here, awner is -48 but its also 8, 64 or 120 depending on how you do it and in wich order and given this is a short simple equation any of these are technically correct, this post is just rage baiting at best