8÷2(2+2)=? Many get this clickbait question wrong. How to get bracketed order of operations right.
Published in may 2023
You have probably seen a question like 8÷2(2+2) going around on socials, and much debate about the answer. In fact, it's precisely because people hotly debate it that it gets posted - it's clickbait, designed to get people engaged (on a particular website or whatever). Many people claim it's ambiguous, and yet it's not actually. Year 7-8 Maths textbooks are quite clear about how to do it. I'm going to take you through how to ge...
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