95% of People Get Fooled By This Super Simple Math Question! Will YOU? 🤔🔥

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]If we have the expression 20 - 6 / 2 * (1 + 2), then what is the correct answer of this question?

[00:00:13]Many people when solving this question first go for the subtraction between 20 and 6, and instead of this expression they write 14 / 2 * (1 + 2), then what is the correct answer of this question?

[00:00:31]And the next step, they go for the division between 14 and 2. And write this expression as 7 * (1 + 2), then what is the correct answer of this question?

[00:00:44]And the final step, they go to the expression inside the parentheses, and instead of this expression they write 7 * 3, which finally gives them the answer 21.

[00:00:56]However, this answer is actually incorrect.

[00:01:00]Also, some other people when solving this question first go for the expression inside the parentheses because they believe parentheses have a higher priority than the other operations. So, instead of this expression they write 20 - 6 / 2 * 3.

[00:01:22]And the next step, they go for the multiplication between 2 and 3 because they think multiplication has priority over division. So, they write this expression as 20 - 6 / 6.

[00:01:39]Then, they go for the division between 6 and 6 because they think division has a higher priority than subtraction.

[00:01:48]So, instead of this expression they write 20 - 1 which finally gives them the answer 19.

[00:01:57]But, this answer is completely wrong.

[00:02:01]All right. Now, let me show you how to solve this equation properly.

[00:02:06]To solve this question, we must follow the PEMDAS rule. And in this rule, P stands for parentheses, E stands for exponent, M stands for multiplication, D stands for division, A stands for addition, and S stands for subtraction.

[00:02:24]As you can see on this screen, in this equation, first we have a subtraction sign, then a division sign, followed by a multiplication, and finally parentheses. According to the PEMDAS rule, first you go for the parentheses, because P or parentheses have the highest priority than the other operations.

[00:02:44]So, instead of this equation, we can write 20 - 6 / 2 * 3.

[00:02:54]In the next step, we move on to the division and multiplication, because these two operations have a higher priority than subtraction.

[00:03:03]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.

[00:03:14]So, first we go for the division between 6 and 2. And instead of this equation, we can write 20 - 3 * 3.

[00:03:26]In the final step, we go for the multiplication between 3 and 3, because multiplication has a higher priority than subtraction.

[00:03:36]So, we rewrite this equation as 20 - 9, which finally gives us the answer 11.

[00:03:43]All right. Now, let's solve another math question together.

[00:03:47]What is the value of the expression 3 ^ 2 + ( ) ^ and multiplied by 5 - 3 inside the parentheses.

[00:04:00]Many people when solving this question first go for the exponent, and instead of this expression, they write 9 plus open parentheses, 6 - 4 close parentheses, and multiplied by 5 - 3 inside the parentheses.

[00:04:18]In the next step, they go to the expression inside the first parentheses, and write this expression as 9 plus 2 multiplied by open parentheses, 5 - 3 close parentheses.

[00:04:32]Then, they go for the addition between 9 and 2, and instead of this expression, they write 11 multiplied by open parentheses, 5 - 3 close parentheses.

[00:04:46]In the final step, they go to the expression inside the parentheses, and write this expression as 11 multiplied by 2, which finally gives them the answer 22.

[00:04:57]However, this answer is absolutely wrong.

[00:05:01]To solve this question, we must follow a rule that is called PEMDAS.

[00:05:05]As you can see on the screen, in this expression, first we have an exponent, then an addition sign, followed by parentheses, then a multiplication, and finally another parentheses.

[00:05:19]According to the PEMDAS rule, first we go for the parentheses, because parentheses have the highest priority than the other operation.

[00:05:28]So, instead of this expression, we can write 3 as squared plus 2 multiplied by 2.

[00:05:36]In the next step, we go for the exponent, because in the PEMDAS rule, after parentheses, exponent has a higher priority than the other operations. So, we rewrite this equation as 9 + 2 * 2.

[00:05:53]And the final step, we go for the multiplication between 2 and 2 because multiplication has priority over addition.

[00:06:02]So, instead of this equation, we can write 9 + 4, which finally gives us the answer 13.

[00:06:11]All right. Now, let's solve the final math question together.

[00:06:15]What is the value of the expression 30 - 20 / (6 - 1) and * 2 ^ 2?

[00:06:27]Many people, when solving this question, first go for the subtraction between 30 and 20, and instead of this equation, they write 10 / (6 - 1) and * 2 ^ 2.

[00:06:45]And the next step, they go to the expression inside the parentheses and write this equation as 10 / 5 * 2 ^ 2.

[00:06:56]Then, they go for the division between 10 and 5, and instead of this equation, they write 2 * 2 ^ 2.

[00:07:05]And the final step, they go to the exponent, and instead of this equation, they write 2 * 4, which finally gives them the answer 8.

[00:07:16]But, that's definitely wrong.

[00:07:19]Also, some other people, when solving this question, first go for the expression inside the parentheses because they believe parentheses have a higher priority than the other operations. So, instead of this equation, they write 30 - 20 / 5 * 2 ^ 2.

[00:07:41]And the next step, they go for the exponent. And instead of this equation, they write 30 minus 20 divided by 5 multiplied by 4.

[00:07:53]Then, they go for the multiplication between 5 and 4 because they think multiplication has a higher priority than division.

[00:08:03]So, they write this equation as 30 minus 20 divided by 20.

[00:08:10]And in the final step, they go for the division between 20 and 20 because they believe division has priority over subtraction.

[00:08:20]So, instead of this equation, they write 30 minus 1, which finally gives them the answer 29.

[00:08:28]However, this answer is actually incorrect.

[00:08:32]To solve this question, we must follow the order of operations step-by-step from top to bottom.

[00:08:39]As you can see on the screen, in this equation, first we have a subtraction sign, then a division sign, followed by parentheses, after that we have a multiplication, and finally exponent.

[00:08:52]According to the PEMDAS rule, first we go for the expression inside the parentheses because P or parentheses have the highest priority than the other operations.

[00:09:02]So, instead of this equation, we can write 30 minus 20 divided by 5 multiplied by 2 a square.

[00:09:13]In the next step, we go for the exponent because in the PEMDAS rule, after parentheses, exponent has a higher priority than the other operations.

[00:09:23]So, we write this equation as 30 minus 20 divided by 5 multiplied by 4.

[00:09:32]Then, we move on to the division and multiplication because these two operations have a higher priority than subtraction.

[00:09:41]However, we must pay close attention that multiplication and division have equal precedence and we must perform these two operations from left to right.

[00:09:51]So, first we go for the division between 20 and 5 and instead of this operation, we can write 30 minus 4 multiplied by 4.

[00:10:03]In the final step, we go for the multiplication between 4 and 4 because according to the PEMDAS rule, multiplication has priority over subtraction.

[00:10:13]So, we rewrite this equation as 30 minus 16 which finally gives us the answer 14.