LOLMathLesson

[lolmac]

Extra hugs to pepper_field for this one!

Math iz fun fer da whole team.
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Comments

[kirsty841.livejournal.com]

I was always taught to write sums like that with brackets...

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I mean, when you have an x (or / )and an + (or -) in an equation, the x always comes first. So you only need the brackets if you want the + to come first. But since the x comes first anyway, there is no reason to put brackets on. It's like belt and braces.

1+2x3=7 because 2x3=6+1=7

but (1+2)x3=9

And there are many calculators out there which do it wrong if you enter it like in my first equation. But the one I have recognizes that it should do the 2x3 first and then add 1, it does not immediately jump to 3 after the 1+2 but waits for what's coming next.

[lolmac]

At this point, they aren't worrying about what calculators do, trust me! See my note about the visual consistency.