Others, meanwhile, did FOIL it and came up with an incorrect product, 3x3 + 15x2 - 4x - 20, as a result (instead of 3x3 + 10x2 - 29x - 20). Foiled by the FOIL Method (Opinion) ...

Then, according to elementary PEMDAS, the division and multiplication have equal priority, so we work from left to right and obtain 8÷2×4 = 4×4 and arrive at an answer of 16. For my article, I ...

Acronyms like PEMDAS, BOMDAS, FOIL, foster lots of confusion & HAVE NO PLACE in the #math classroom. And this simple problem (now gone viral) is clear evidence of this.

Other people who get it wrong forget about PEMDAS, and simply do the equation from left to right. Common incorrect answers end up being 3, 7, or 9. Of course, it’s just a silly math problem ...

The key to getting to the bottom of this seemingly straightforward problem is to call upon every mathematicians' favorite acronym - PEMDAS. Each letter represents a math symbol in the order they are ...

Test your knowledge of algebra along with your spot-the-difference skills with this food-themed math problem that uses fruits in place of numbers. ... Remember PEMDAS? Try solving this math equation ...

Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100. By Steven Strogatz Mathematical Twitter is normally a quiet, well-ordered place, a refuge from the aggravations of ...

The greatest debate of our era is currently raging online. No it’s not whether the world actually needs meatless eggs. It’s about how to do maths. Even Queer Eye’s resident home renovator ...

PEMDAS is an acronym that represents the order of operations in mathematics, which also applies to Excel formulas. Understanding this sequence is important, as it specifies how mathematical ...