🔥 This “Easy” Math Challenge Is Fooling Everyone Online! 😵‍💫 Can YOU Solve It?

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[00:00:00]If we have the expression 70 - 4 / 2 * open parentheses 5 - 1 close parentheses then what is the correct answer of this question? Many people when solving this question first go for the subtraction between 70 and four and instead of this expression they write 66 / 2 * open parentheses 5 - 1 close parenthesis.

[00:00:32]In the next step they go for the division between 66 and 2 and write this expression at 30 3 multiplied by open parentheses 5 minus one close parenthesis and the final step they go for the expression inside the parenthesis and instead of this expression they write 30 3 multiplied by 4. However, this answer is actually incorrect.

[00:01:00]Also some other people when solving this question first go for the expression inside the parenthesis because they believe parentheses have a higher priority than the other operations. So answer of this expression they write 70 - 4 / 2 * 4 and the next step they go for the multiplication between two and four because they believe multiplication has a higher priority than division. So instead of this expression they write 70 - 4 / 8 and the final step they go for the division between 4 and 8 because they believe division has priority over subtraction.

[00:01:49]So they write this expression as 70 minus 0.5 which finally gives them the answer 69.5.

[00:02:00]However, this answer is absolutely wrong. All right. Now, let me show you how to solve this expression properly.

[00:02:08]To solve this question, we must follow a rule that is called pandas. And this rule PS stands for parenthesis. E stands for exponent, MS stands for multiplication, DS stands for division, AS stands for addition, and S stands for subtraction.

[00:02:27]As you can see on the screen and this expression, first we have a subtraction sign, then a division sign followed by a multiplication and finally parenthesis.

[00:02:38]According to the panda stroke, first we go for the expression inside the parenthesis because P or parentheses have the highest priority than the other operations.

[00:02:49]So instead of this expression we can write 70 e - 4 / 2 * 4 and the next step we move on to the division and multiplication because these two operations have a higher priority than subtraction.

[00:03:08]However it's really important to understand that multiplication and division are at the same level of precedence and we must perform these two operations from left to right. So first go for the division between 4 and 2 and instead of this expression we can write 70 minus 2 * 4 and the final step we go for the multiplication between two and four because multiplication has priority over subtraction.

[00:03:39]So instead of this expression, we can write 70 minus 8 which finally gives us the answer 62.

[00:03:48]All right. Now let's solve another math question together. What is the value of the expression 3^ 2 + 12 / 3 * 8? Many people when solving this question first go for the exponent and instead of this expression they write 9 + 12 / 3 * 8.

[00:04:13]And the next step they go for the addition between 9 and 12. And instead of this expression they write 21 / 3 * 8.

[00:04:25]And the final step they go for the division between 21 and 3. And instead of this expression they write 7 * 8 which finally gives them the answer 56.

[00:04:39]However, it's not the correct answer to this question.

[00:04:43]Also some other people when solving this question again goes straight to the exponent and instead of this expression they write 9 + 12 / 3 * 8 and the next step they go for the multiplication between 3 and 8 because they believe multiplication has a higher priority than division. So instead of this expression they write 9 + 12 / 24 and the final step they go for the division between 12 and 24 because they think division has priority over addition. So they write this expression as 9 + 0.5 which finally gives them the answer 9.5.

[00:05:35]But that's definitely wrong. To solve this question, we must follow the order of operations step by step from top to bottom. As you can see on the screen, and this expression, first we have an exponent, then an addition sign followed by a division and finally a multiplication.

[00:05:54]According to the pendas rule, first we go for the exponent because in this expression exponent has the highest priority than the other operations.

[00:06:04]So we can write this equation as 9 + 12 / 3 * 8.

[00:06:13]Then we move on to the division and multiplication because multiplication and division have higher priority than addition.

[00:06:21]However, we must pay close attention that multiplication and division have equal precedence and we must perform these two operations from left to right.

[00:06:31]So first we go for the division between 12 and 3. And instead of this expression we can write 9 + 4 * 8.

[00:06:43]And the final step we go for the multiplication between 4 and 8 because multiplication has a higher priority than addition. So we rewrite this expression as 9 + 32 which finally gives us the answer 41.

[00:07:00]Okay, let's solve the final math question together. What is the value of the expression 16 + 12 / 2 ^ of 2 multiplied by open parentheses 5 minus 2 close parentheses.

[00:07:16]Many people when solving this question first go for the addition between 16 and 12 and instead of this expression they write 28 / 2 s^ 2 * open parentheses 5 minus 2 close parentheses.

[00:07:35]And the next step they go for the exponent and instead of this expression they write 28 / 4 * open parentheses 5 - 2 close parenthesis and instead of this expression they write 7 * open parenthesis 5 minus 2 close parenthesis and the final step they go to the expression inside the parenthesis and write this expression as 7 * 3 which finally gives them the answer 21.

[00:08:10]However, this answer is absolutely wrong. Also, some other people when solving this question first go for the expression inside the parenthesis because they believe parentheses have a higher priority than the other operations. So instead of this expression they write 16 + 12 / 2 s^ 2 * 3.

[00:08:36]And the next step they go for the exponent and instead of this expression they write 16 + 12 / 4 * 3.

[00:08:48]Then they go for the multiplication between four and three because they think multiplication has a higher priority than division. So they rewrite this expression as 16 + 12 / 12. And the final step they go for the division between 12 and 12 and write this expression as 16 + 1 which finally gives them the answer 17.

[00:09:16]But this answer is completely wrong. To solve this question, we must follow a rule that is called pandas. As you can see on the screen, in this expression, first we have an addition sign, then a division sign, followed by an exponent, then a multiplication, and finally parentheses. According to the pandas rule, first we go for the parenthesis because P or parentheses have the highest priority than the other operations.

[00:09:47]So instead of this expression, we can write 16 + 12 / 2^ 2 * 3.

[00:09:57]And the next step we go for the exponent because in the Pendas row after parentheses exponent has a higher priority than the other operations.

[00:10:07]So we rewrite this equation as 16 + 12 / 4 * 3.

[00:10:16]Then we go for the division and multiplication because these two operations have a higher priority than addition. However, it's really important to understand that multiplication and division have the same level of priority and we must perform these two operations from left to right. So first we go for the division between 12 and 4. And instead of this expression we can write 16 + 3 * 3. And the final step we go for the multiplication between three and three because multiplication has priority over addition.

[00:10:56]So instead of this expression we can write 16 + 9 which finally gives us the answer