Math Problem

posted on October 26th, 2004, 2:27 am

that might be the wrong answer! there are two different answers. which one you get depends on how you work the problem out

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:03 am

4+4+(4x2)
8 + 8 = 16

there is no other anwser

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:07 am

yeah, but the idiots do it like this:
4+4+4x2=?
4+4+4=12
12x2=?
?=24

see?

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:09 am

uh oh i have to go jolan tru good bye yall se ya next time on duks of hasard

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:10 am

I know, however that is not the solution to the question, so logically there is only one good anwser; 16

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:20 am

bingo. any one with basic algibra could tell its 16. Unless like statered before, X is a varible witch i think would be X= (-1.5) lol i might be wrong on that though. lol

posted on October 26th, 2004, 3:23 am

exactally! i though of it to weed out the idiots in school. so far, only 3 people have goten it right since i started asking it 3 years ago. thats pathetic, and none of them were teachers

posted on October 27th, 2004, 1:32 pm

There is only one correct answer to this (I won't call it even a problem) and that's 16.

posted on October 27th, 2004, 3:02 pm

what school do you go to?

posted on October 27th, 2004, 3:33 pm

what school do you go to?

for retarded?

no but seriously, perhaps the human mind doesn't think of algebra rules directly, we have the benefit of having it to read wich is an advantage

posted on October 27th, 2004, 3:58 pm

that is a good point, we did ahve it to read.

posted on October 27th, 2004, 4:42 pm

think about it, if someone askes you that same question you dont think with the algebra rules and just simple do + and stuff, when you read it you think like hey, with rules you do the x first

posted on October 27th, 2004, 9:19 pm

Well the answer COULD be 24 to someone who hasen't taken algebra, but once you have it's fairly obvious it's 16.

posted on October 27th, 2004, 11:07 pm

I would asume (most of us) have passed grade 8?, cuz this is verry simple.

posted on October 28th, 2004, 4:06 am

Guys order of operations is 6th grade level math, tops. Please don't denigrate algebra by calling it that. Pre-algebra involves solving for a single variable you know.