Right on man. 100%. How about we just teach people

To write maths down so it is crystal clear what is intended, rather than creating crap rules to interpret expressions that have been written down in a rubbish way so that it is not clear what’s going on?

Posted By: Under soil heating on February 13th 2022 at 14:05:39

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Why is BODMAS a thing (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Feb 13, 10:06:41
- so the doctor knows if you’re overweight for your height (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 13, 13:42:59
- 33-6/3 I get 9 my son said 31 (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Feb 13, 10:58:26
  - Do the division first (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 13:38:36
  - You son is right. (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 11:03:41
    - Cocked that up somehow. Shoudl of course be (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 11:04:57
      - Right on man. 100%. How about we just teach people (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Feb 13, 14:05:39
      - 100% agree. Don’t need the ambiguity just use brackets 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 13:39:13
  - Could be an England batting score that. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 11:00:25
- As someone with a background in mathematics and physics, I find it frustrating. (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:26:40
  - I completely agree! (n/m) (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 13, 12:18:50
  - I concur (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 13, 10:56:44
    - Throughout my entire maths degree I used brackets not BODMAS (it’s a primary school thing) (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 13:41:53
    - It becomes especially difficult writing out expressions (rather than interpreting them) (n/m) (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 11:06:26
  - Use brackets!! Especially in coding (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 10:35:48
    - And in mathematics, physics and engineering. (n/m) (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:36:33
      - All of them 🥰 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 13:39:55
  - To add... (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:28:53
    - Respectfully disagree (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 13, 10:38:31
      - Not sure that’s what he meant. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Feb 13, 10:45:33
      - When I mention the division sign I mean the horizontal line with a dot above and below. (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:42:03
        
        And by implicit I am referring to this... (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:44:50
    - And now I am in mathematics ranting mode... (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:31:07
      - Multiply by the inverse number instead? (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 10:36:45
        
        Well either use fractions or use negative exponent. (General Chat) - AstroCanary, Feb 13, 10:38:20
- Because you need a consistent rule? (n/m) (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Feb 13, 10:08:05

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