A math puzzle on Twitter caused confusion among users. At first glance, the task is not that difficult. Many came to these two solutions.
- Math problems * cause headaches again and again.
- So also in the summer of 2019 with a math puzzle on Twitter.
- At first glance, this puzzle is quite simple.
In the summer of a year ago, a math puzzle on Twitter caused confusion among users - because many users came up with the wrong result. At first glance, the calculation is not particularly difficult. It's a very simple sequence of numbers that should be divided, multiplied and added together. Just: In what order?
This is what the math problem looked like on Twitter - can you solve the puzzle?
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- ❦ (@pjmdolI) July 28, 2019Many users came to two different results: If you first calculate 8 by 2 and then multiply that by 4, you get the result “16”. On the other hand, if you first multiply 2 by 4 and then divide 8 by 8, the result is “1”.
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Do you know the right solution?
The correct solution to the math puzzle is: "16" . The difficulty is that multiplication and division, as well as addition and subtraction, are each assigned the same order. However, there is one clear rule: You calculate from left to right .
1. Brackets
2. potencies
3. Point calculation (multiplication and division)
4. Line calculation (addition and subtraction)
5. Calculate from left to right.
The correct solution can be derived by first calculating 8 by 2 (equals 4) - and then multiplying it by 4. How to get the right result with the 16th (ahu) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen network.
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