PEMDAS is bullshit

[Anonymous No.4025793]

Problem: 24/6*4

P
-no parenthesis
E
-no exponents
M
-Multiply 6 and 4
-New expression: 24/24
D
-Divide 24 and 24
-New expression: 1
A
-no adding
S
-no subtracting

FINAL ANSWER: 1

[Anonymous No.4025800]

>>4025793

24/6*4 = 24*4/6 = 16

Time for round 2 OP.

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025804]

Multiplication and division have equal priority. (It stands to reason; multiplying by 0.5 is the same as dividing by 2, this exact same step can be either a division or a multiplication, therefore they are equal)

Read from left to right in the reading frame.
Do 24 divided by 6.
Then multiply this answer by 4
4X4 = 16.

[Anonymous No.4025814]

Order of operations is useless anyway.

[Anonymous No.4025821]

>>4025793
M and D have the same order of importance

A and S have the same order of importance

Answer is 16

\thread

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025829]

>>4025814
Of course it is not. It must be used so that the math is correct. Math can not operate any other way.

[Anonymous No.4025830]

>>4025804
Dumbass. It's written <span class="math">PEMDAS[/spoiler], not <div class="math">{PEMA} \atop {\;\;\;DS}</div>

[Anonymous No.4025824]

>>4025814
Lolno.

[Anonymous No.4025828]

>>4025824

Yes it is. Unless you're retarded, that is.

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025834]

>>4025830
There are various acronyms.
Kindly refrain from using insults during the discussion.

[Anonymous No.4025835]

>>4025829

So did you pass elementary school yet?

Oh wait, I actually didn't want to reply to obvious trolls anymore. Shit.

[Anonymous No.4025838]

>>4025829
"Order of operations" only exists as a rule of thumb to interpret technically grammatically incorrect equations because people are too lazy to write formulas *correctly*. I.e. with full parenthesization.

24/6*4 should be written either 24/(6*4) or (24/6)*4 depending on the intent.

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025845]

>>4025835
I am not a troll.
As you know, this board, as with all boards on this website, is for over 18's only.
Therefore, I clearly must have passed elementary school.

[Anonymous No.4025844]

>>4025824

It does nothing. It's just a way of reading a poorly written expression.

If I came across 24/6*4, I wouldn't feel very good about using PEMDAS because I would doubt that the guy who wrote it knew how to maths.

[Anonymous No.4025843]

>>4025834
This isn't a discussion, this is low to mid grade trolling.

inb4 implied parenthetical multiplication.

[Anonymous No.4025852]

>>4025845

>>/b/

Counterexample.

Your claim is disproven

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025855]

>>4025838
Parentheses are only required when you would otherwise get the question wrong if you follow order of operations.
"(24/6)*4" has redundant parentheses.

[Anonymous No.4025858]

>>4025845

If you're not a troll, why are you sporting a trip?

Mindfuck.

> implying not all tripfags are trolls.

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025864]

>>4025852
The rules of the website state that no under 18's should browse any board, even /b/.
Clearly some people break the rules.

[Anonymous No.4025870]

>>4025855
Wrongo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-formed_formula

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025871]

>>4025858
You think that all of the people who use a name are automatically considered trolls? Do you actually know what trolling even is?

[Anonymous No.4025879]

>>4025871

>You think that all of the people who use a name are automatically trolls?

ftfy

and yes.

[Anonymous No.4025882]

>>4025864

>should

is/ought

[Anonymous No.4025900]

>>4025871

In my whole career on 4chan I haven't noticed a single counterexample, so it is safe, for me at least, to assume all tripfags are trolls.

[Harriet !x6oGOnISPY No.4025920]

>>4025870
The parentheses are indeed redundant. The answer is 16 with or without them.

[Anonymous No.4025922]

24 6 / 4 * = 16
24 6 4 * / = 1

RPN master race.

[Anonymous No.4025925]

>>4025900
>career on 4chan
Ha ha ha no.