darkazana 1,736 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 #45 I learned it as: Some Officers Have Curly Auburn Hair Till Old Age or Some Old Horses Can Always Hear Their Owners Approach #49 10? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 2x0=0+2+10=12? Cooorrrect! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Well done Carni! I was always rubbish at such stuff at school 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I was always taught to mind my own BIDMAS. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Darkazana #53, I will come clean, In February when I started this thread, I had never heard of either Bidmas or Bodmas. If I had done, I had certainly forgotten it all. My Granddaughter taught me some of the very basics. Tonight I had to ask her for a Recap. So you see, I can't take the credit. I got by with a little help from my friend! Or should I say I got by with help from my little friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 If I recall, when I was at school and Tech, all multiplication and division were in brackets, so we were taught to do everything within the brackets first, then complete the addition and subtraction second. My wife has a Bsc and majored in accounting, and she argued black and blue, if the multiplication isn't in parenthasis, then the sum is started left to right. Eventually she has accepted what I said, though she is still skeptical as I think she learned Math the same as myself. Quick proof of the way it should be done, is use a scientific calculator, feed the figures in just like they are written and it gives the correct answer every time. That's how I convinced the wife.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Easy as pye. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 ...or - to be pedantic - as easy as pi ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Bump. Seeing as Bidmas/Bodmas has arisen, I remembered this old thread from around 2014. For the mathematicians on NS to re baffle me again.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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