4/(3 - 5) x 2 =? Many don’t understand PEMDAS!

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2025

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  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 Год назад +7

    As a 63-year-old who was never good at math to begin with and suffering from neurodegenerative issues for over a decade, it's so important to review this sort of stuff as often as possible, thank you so much! Always sharing and giving the due thumbs-up!

  • @diz354
    @diz354 Год назад +1

    I really appreciate you going into detail with each step of the way, it helps people like me better understand what and how things need to be done.

  • @mitsunam7001
    @mitsunam7001 Год назад +2

    I agree, you just have to do the correct way to do the operation. Love from Thailand to your video!! 💗🙏🇹🇭

  • @g.r.4853
    @g.r.4853 Год назад +1

    Through all that blathering I understood PEMDAS he did para first, (OK) no exponent, so according to that acronym multiplication is next and unless I missed something, he did division. I understood you should follow the M & D & S left to right, meaning that was the order they were done, not laid out. With how I followed (finally cutting through the mustard) the acronym the answer of negative 1 was right.

    • @enriqueiii9209
      @enriqueiii9209 Год назад

      It's -4, PE MD/DM AS/SA, Left to to right, what ever comes first.

  • @aquata3367
    @aquata3367 Год назад +4

    Great teaching! I did in my head and got it correct. ⚡️

  • @susanm1109
    @susanm1109 Год назад +1

    -4 (4 divided by negative 2 is negative 2. Negative 2 times 2 is negative 4.)

  • @Rocksolid1613
    @Rocksolid1613 Год назад +5

    3-5= -2.....4÷-2= -2...-2×2= [-4]

  • @CV-uy1jc
    @CV-uy1jc Год назад

    It just so happens my grand daughter is learning PEMDAS in school right now but what surprises me is that they’re not teaching the left to right as of yet. I guess it’s a one step at a time thing lol.

    • @thenetsurferboy
      @thenetsurferboy Год назад

      Thee is no left to right
      Bomdas and pemdas takes care of that

    • @CV-uy1jc
      @CV-uy1jc Год назад

      @@thenetsurferboy I disagree, and if you listen to this teacher he will tell you the same thing. There are times when you have to make a decision as to what to do first and that’s when you do it left to right.

    • @harrymatabal8448
      @harrymatabal8448 13 дней назад

      What is the need for left to right
      If you are pemdas,
      Parenthesis first
      Exponents the multiplication and so.on
      When you ask you daughter to read, do you instruct her to read from.left to right

    • @harrymatabal8448
      @harrymatabal8448 13 дней назад

      6÷2×3
      =3×3=9 from left to right
      3÷2×6=3/2 ×6=9 right to left
      What's the problem
      Ask your wife which style she enjoys 😂

    • @harrymatabal8448
      @harrymatabal8448 13 дней назад

      The surferboy you are perfectly correct ❤😢

  • @harrymatabal8448
    @harrymatabal8448 10 месяцев назад

    Good morning sir. I am also confused. AS. Addition first. Now 5-7+6. Is it addition or subtraction. Can you please educate me

    • @GanonTEK
      @GanonTEK 9 месяцев назад

      A and S have equal priority so the order doesn't matter:
      S first:
      - 2 + 6 = 4
      A first:
      5 - 1 = 4
      Going left to right for equal priority operations reduces errors usually so us generally the better method.

  • @IdMonster00
    @IdMonster00 Год назад

    PEMDAS mimics the way a computer usually does the calculation.

  • @annettegollon239
    @annettegollon239 Год назад

    -4 is the answer. Hello John.

  • @BurkeJackson-k2w
    @BurkeJackson-k2w Год назад

    BJ Ans -4

  • @nickniehaus1763
    @nickniehaus1763 16 дней назад

    -4?

  • @Michael43713
    @Michael43713 Год назад +4

    That's because it's a load of nonsense. No scientists or engineers use this notation. Pick up any physics text to see this.

  • @jamesnunn2901
    @jamesnunn2901 Год назад

    -4
    3-5=-2
    4÷-2=-2
    -2×2=-4

  • @paulhaye
    @paulhaye Год назад +2

    1.

  • @sunboy1970
    @sunboy1970 Год назад

    Love your video but sometimes the please subscribe part is almost as long as the video.

  • @russelllomando8460
    @russelllomando8460 Год назад

    woo hoo, got it, thanks.

  • @mike-yp1uk
    @mike-yp1uk Год назад

    I got it . I'm ready to move on to geometry. Lol

  • @navaneevg
    @navaneevg Год назад

    6÷6(1+2)
    Still a chaos for me 😢

  • @natalita1528
    @natalita1528 Год назад

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @richardpedrazine731
    @richardpedrazine731 Год назад

    -16

  • @sharon2434
    @sharon2434 Год назад +6

    Hey teacher, you wreck the whole video with all your jabbering, just talk math and stop being so chatty

    • @keninnewmexico8763
      @keninnewmexico8763 Год назад +1

      He ruins math too with his crappy math skills. PEMDAS comes into play exactly when that stupid division symbol goes away.
      For this guy's "true passion", he really sucks at it.

    • @LoreenBuford
      @LoreenBuford Год назад +1

      I totally agree! He talks entirely too much!! I kept advancing the video. I would never subscribe just because of all his jabbering!

    • @harrymatabal8448
      @harrymatabal8448 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@LoreenBufordsome critics advice me that I don't have to watch the video but I tell them they can't tell me what to do. Happy good Friday

  • @AngelaRigby-k4k
    @AngelaRigby-k4k Год назад

    4

  • @randylazer2894
    @randylazer2894 Год назад +2

    It is absolutely appalling that you are not only teaching wrongfully, but misleading 508,000 subscribers. You might have taught middle school and high school math, but I taught math at one the top 10 private schools in the US, and at university, all the way through calculus, and I will prove that what you are teaching is wrong.
    What is 4 divided by (3-5) x2. Clearly 4 is the numerator, so lets say a=4. Clearly (3-5) is the is the first operation, which is -2, so B =-2, which is multiplied by 2, which constitutes a product, but we will say 2 equals C.
    So not using caps, this is expressed as a/bc, is equal to a/bx1/c, pretty basic. But what you are doing is saying no, that really a/bc equals a/b x c, while bxc is not a product per this expression.
    With that, what is the definition of a product clearly as this problem is written, (3-5) equals -2, and that is being multiplied by 2.
    What you are really saying is not the expression of the problem, 4/(3-5) x2, but rather (4/3-5) x2, which isn't how the problem is written.
    I can't believe how many people you are misleading. BTW if anybody wants to comment, realize that if you call me wrong, other than you likely have never used differential equations to calculate the effects of changes in tax policy upon GDP, unemployment, and inflation rates, realize that you would be calling wrong the math professors at Duke University, and the PhD authors of every math textbook I taught out of.
    Again, by taking a, b&c, as noted in the above, that expresses this problem of a/bc, as it isn't written (a/b)c.
    By the way, I'll put in the link for a great video called Pemdas is a lie, written by a math tutor. Essentially what is taught here is usually pre-algebra, while those who teach algebra and beyond recognize what I have shared, and would state this video is wholly wrong. Particularly for those working with physics and other disciplines, as noted in the video that is attached. My concern is that this is wrongful teaching has screwed up our kids and made them dumber, perhaps which is why we rank 38th in Math or something like that as of a few years ago when compared with the rest of the world.

    • @tophat593
      @tophat593 Год назад

      This comment made me giggle. You didn't even say what you thought the answer was! This is a 5th grade question aimed at adults who've forgotten / want to brush up and you're talking about it like it's a quaternion derivation.
      Just put the sum into google. It's -4. Obviously. "Taught at one of the top 10 private schools in the US" - what did you teach, woodwork?

  • @doreenleeming4630
    @doreenleeming4630 Год назад +1

    1

  • @atoz4399
    @atoz4399 Год назад

    -4

  • @williamlynch1929
    @williamlynch1929 Год назад

    -4!

  • @elenarios4390
    @elenarios4390 Год назад

    Tell me again how you got the negative, I know how you got the answer but how do I know negative or positive

    • @sunboy1970
      @sunboy1970 Год назад +1

      The 3 - 5 makes it negative

  • @StephenRayWesley
    @StephenRayWesley Год назад

    4÷(3-5)×2:= 2 (4÷2)=2 (2×2)=4

    • @harrymatabal8448
      @harrymatabal8448 10 месяцев назад

      User, tiny mistake. 3-5=-2. Excellent

  • @tophat593
    @tophat593 Год назад

    -4.
    4/-2 is a weird sum. Meh.

  • @stevenjohnson1143
    @stevenjohnson1143 Год назад

    -4: following PEDMAS

  • @padraicbrown6718
    @padraicbrown6718 Год назад +1

    Yet another poorly written math problem, Mr RUclips Math Guy!
    PEMDAS will always bite you in the butt if you keep using that obelus for division.
    So let's write this PROPERLY:
    4 / (3 - 5) x 2
    4 / (-2) x 2
    4 / -4
    -1
    Easy peasy! Keep in mind: the division bar IS a grouping symbol!
    Now let's figure out how to get -4 out of this mess...
    (4 / (3 - 5)) x 2
    (4 / (-2)) x 2
    (-2) x 2
    -4
    There you go Mr RUclips Math Guy! You needed to specify which operation to do first! Please stop leading people astray with these poorly written problem. You are MUCH better than this clickbait!

    • @mirkozlikovski9553
      @mirkozlikovski9553 Год назад

      Except that multiplication and division are operations of an equal level, so they have to be solved from left to right 😉! which means, after you resolve the value in the brackets it is solved from left to right!
      I learned math without of the acronym abbreviations, just by simple explanations about rules, laws and conventions as well as the syntax of how we write things down to be understood correctly.... it seems this isn't the case any more.

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 Год назад +1

      @@mirkozlikovski9553 --- I didn't learn PEMDAS either. I did learn that the division bar is a grouping symbol, and thus am always wary of viral maths videos with an obelus in the problem. That's a red flag and rather than produce video after video with the same basic error, Mr RUclips Math Guy should probably address WHY it is all the engineers and physicists say problems like this are poorly written.
      Out of curiosity, since you didn't learn the acronym either, try the problem written this way:
      4 / (3 - 5) x 2
      What did you get?

    • @mirkozlikovski9553
      @mirkozlikovski9553 Год назад

      @@padraicbrown6718 So did I.... but ONLY for a horizontal or a fraction line. I was taught that "slash", in an equation written in a straight line, is just another way of writing a division symbol. And since division is a binary operation this equation has three terms, of which one is enclosed in brackets, and once you solve the value in them the equation should be solved from left to right, because division and multiplication are operations of the same level....
      in other.... the way I was taught math, your interpretation and result would be correct if the equation would be wrote as 4/2(3-5).... because this -written without the explicit multiplication sign between 2 and the brackets - would mean that everything behind the division bar is grouped together, and the result would be -1

  • @wam7484
    @wam7484 Год назад

    Too much chit-chat. Show the problem, show the correct answer and proceed to work the solution. Other stuff dilutes the content and just turns many of us off. Mostly, math channels are viewed by people who generally have skills. Just want to see the problem and confirm I have it right. If not, I'll watch the rest. If this doesn't work for you, your call. But you'll lose a major part of your audience.

  • @thenetsurferboy
    @thenetsurferboy Год назад +1

    The answer is -1
    PEMDAS
    What you solved is 4 x 2 / [3-5}
    Answer that is -4
    The problem you wrote is 4 / -4 WHICH IS -1
    YOU GET RID OF BRACKETS FIRST {PEMDAS}
    YOU MULTIPLY FIRST {PEMDAS}
    LEFT TO RIGHT DOES NOT COME INTO ANY EQUATION
    PENDAS SORTS THAT OUT

    • @ArtyEngineer
      @ArtyEngineer Год назад +6

      So confident and so wrong lol

    • @thenetsurferboy
      @thenetsurferboy Год назад

      YOU DO NOT UNDERSDTAND YOU RID BRACKETS FIRST, THEN DO MULTIPLICATION SECOND AS PEMDAS AND BOMDAS SAYS
      X 2 IS ON THE WRONG SIDE IF HE WANTS THE DIVISION ANSWER MULTIPLIED BY 2
      BACK TO GRADE 2 FOR YOU AFTER THAT, IN ONE PERIOD, YOU WIOUD NEVER EVER SEE THIS TYPE OF EQUATION OR PEMDAS OR BOMDAS AGAINI. IT IS JUST COMMON SENSE ALSO
      Take this for example
      4 x2 divided by 2 {3-5} + 2 {3}
      You wrongly would divide by 2 first
      The division sign is still there but you are changing it to a x sign
      Get it. Got it? Good?@@ArtyEngineer

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 Год назад +1

      @@ArtyEngineer--- No, he just understands the order of operations.

    • @JohnnyDigital27
      @JohnnyDigital27 Год назад +3

      @@padraicbrown6718 And what might that be? Multiplication and Division have the same level of precedence. Addition and subtraction have the same level of precedence. When there are no parentheses and operations have the same precedence, the order of operation is from left to right. the answer is -4.
      So confident and so wrong lol.

    • @padraicbrown6718
      @padraicbrown6718 Год назад

      @@JohnnyDigital27 4 / (3 - 5) x 2 Now try it and see what the right answer is.

  • @tomtke7351
    @tomtke7351 Год назад +3

    An algebra equation written very poorly. It should be:
    (4÷(3-5))×2
    enter the original equation into a Google search and see how they correct it.

    • @petersearls4443
      @petersearls4443 Год назад

      It is supposed to be poorly written in order to learn how to apply Order of Operations in this instance to get the correct answer.

    • @tomtke7351
      @tomtke7351 Год назад

      @@petersearls4443 so unimportant

    • @petersearls4443
      @petersearls4443 Год назад

      @@tomtke7351 actually I ran into these types of problems. I spent 37 years designing, writing and modifying software. I ran into poorly written expressions more than once and it helped to know Order of Operations in order to be able to improve the expressions to add appropriate brackets to clear things up for others when they had to modify the code.

    • @tophat593
      @tophat593 Год назад +3

      No, your second brackets are redundant. Once you resolve the subtraction in brackets you just work from left to right.

    • @tomtke7351
      @tomtke7351 Год назад

      @@tophat593 opinions vary

  • @tedsmith3061
    @tedsmith3061 Год назад

    Less than 10 seconds...-4

  • @Geoff_G
    @Geoff_G Год назад +2

    4/(3-5)×2=
    4/-2×2=
    -2×2=
    -4

  • @mollymam7153
    @mollymam7153 Год назад

    -4

  • @danieldennis9831
    @danieldennis9831 Год назад

    -4

  • @williamkirkconnell7306
    @williamkirkconnell7306 Год назад +1

    -4

  • @shemiahwalker
    @shemiahwalker Год назад

    -4

  • @kennethgrant-z4e
    @kennethgrant-z4e Год назад

    -4

  • @davidgroover6178
    @davidgroover6178 Год назад

    -4

  • @mariaolaciregui2128
    @mariaolaciregui2128 Год назад +1

    -4

  • @kennethdias9988
    @kennethdias9988 Год назад

    -4

  • @michellemorgan205
    @michellemorgan205 Год назад

    -4

  • @williamkirkconnell7306
    @williamkirkconnell7306 Год назад

    -4