Need some math help here

[maziwanka]

cool. the great thing is when you've learned somethign the first time, it only takes a short while to get it again....

i've learned it at PEMDAS, but of course the MD and AS are reversible.

 

[Juice Box]

42

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Juice Box
42

answer to everything

 

[jj2005]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
wtf is PEMDAS?

order of operations.

... which stands for Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
cool. the great thing is when you've learned somethign the first time, it only takes a short while to get it again....

i've learned it at PEMDAS, but of course the MD and AS are reversible.

teaching it over and over again to 6th graders really gets it lodged in there.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

WTF?! I don't even know your Aunt Sally :|

 

[PawNtheSandman]

Please
Excuse
My
Dear
Aunt
Sally

or in order

Parenteses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Juice Box
42

Thank you. I was getting worried, scrolling down farther and farther, not seeing this posted. Phew.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: LoKe
He's got to be in grade 9 math, so...14/15?

it's sad, but you would be surpirsed how many people graduate high school and can't do algebra.....

 

[Mrvile]

Actually you don't even need to use PEMDAS here, just write the (y*0.2) as 0.2y and you can easily solve it.

 

[AmdEmAll]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: LoKe
He's got to be in grade 9 math, so...14/15?

it's sad, but you would be surpirsed how many people graduate high school and can't do algebra.....

Yeah because we need algrebra everyday in life, oh noes :roll:

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Actually you don't even need to use PEMDAS here, just write the (y*0.2) as 0.2y and you can easily solve it.

soo.... you converted the stuff in the parenthesis first right?

 

[ifoundthetao]

Originally posted by: LoKe
It's PEDMAS, not PEMDAS. -,-
Unless you americans are different

It really doesn't matter dude. You do them in the order in which they appear (referring to division/multiplication and addition/subtraction). But thanks for providing another useless post.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

You're 27, working in IT field...and can't even do extremely simple algebra? yikes.

 

[91TTZ]

the answer is 42

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Actually you don't even need to use PEMDAS here, just write the (y*0.2) as 0.2y and you can easily solve it.

soo.... you converted the stuff in the parenthesis first right?

Damnit!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
You're 27, working in IT field...and can't even do extremely simple algebra? yikes.

If he's 27, he probably knew it and just forgot since you don't do problems like that at work. And if your job does require math like that often, they'll have a computer/calculator do it and not risk human error.

I lot of old-time engineers are surprised that the kids today don't know how to use slide rules.

 

[Ranger X]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: LoKe
He's got to be in grade 9 math, so...14/15?

it's sad, but you would be surpirsed how many people graduate high school and can't do algebra.....

Yeah because we need algrebra everyday in life, oh noes :roll:

You can make that generalization about ANY subject. For your information, we do use algebra (not algrebra) often enough that it is important to know. If your everyday life consists of asking your customers if they want fries with that, then you have a bigger problem at hand than not knowing algebra.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
wtf is PEMDAS?

Order of operation.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: LoKe
He's got to be in grade 9 math, so...14/15?

it's sad, but you would be surpirsed how many people graduate high school and can't do algebra.....

Yeah because we need algrebra everyday in life, oh noes :roll:

Basic algebra actually comes in very handy and is pretty common in our lives. For example, say a DVD is 25% off, and the discount is $12.50. Most people without using algebra wouldn't know wtf the actual price is (doing it without algebra, all you would have to do is multiply the $12.50 by 3 to get the current price).

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
the answer is 42

thank you for stating this twice

:beer::beer: for you

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
the answer is 42

thank you for stating this twice

:beer::beer: for you

42 to you, too.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: LoKe
He's got to be in grade 9 math, so...14/15?

it's sad, but you would be surpirsed how many people graduate high school and can't do algebra.....

Or how many graduate, get a job in retail where they don't need anything more than the intelligence of a rather dimwitted squid, and then forget just about everything they learned in high school and 2 years of college. Like me.