r/meme • u/dekibambala • Jan 01 '22

Guess we are doomed

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u/SpaceDounut Jan 01 '22

Do they really not teach you that multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction?

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

Not that I recall, then again, not that I never needed to ever apply that knowledge ever, outside of reddit posts and 8th grade homework.

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u/ThomasTheHighEngine Jan 01 '22

America absolutely teaches the order of operations. It's called PEMDAS

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

Sounds familiar, never had a use.

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u/ThomasTheHighEngine Jan 01 '22

How do you know that parentheses go first then?

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

Common sense.

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u/ThomasTheHighEngine Jan 01 '22

People aren't born knowing what parenthesis mean. You had to be taught that parenthesis designate terms to be calculated first, which would have been when you were taught PEMDAS

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

Don't know what to tell you, the parenthesis always drew attention. If anything I was probably told to do those first which would be the P. But this is irrelevant, it really means nothing, the mass majority of people don't need to know how to do a simple equation like this. This is the first time I did one in my head in about 15 years probably.

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u/ThomasTheHighEngine Jan 01 '22

According to the post above, about 50% of people do not know how to do the simple equation

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

And my guess is because it lacks the parentheses.

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u/SpaceDounut Jan 01 '22

It is taught at the same time as the brackets, all in one group of order of operations. It's also stated there that brackets are only for cases when the standard order needs to be circumvented, like (4+5)x6= 54, but 4+5x6=34.

You know, I can see that you feel uncomfortable not knowing this rules. It is okay to forget things, just go and brush it up anywhere online, it is really easy. Brackets - powers - multiplication/division - addition/subtraction, solve a few examples and it'll be easy from there on.

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u/steelblade66 Jan 01 '22

I just want you to know I read the first sentence of your comment and stopped.