12 divided by 2 times 3 all over 2 =? A BASIC Math problem MANY will get WRONG!

Basic math skills question - order of operations, pemdas, number operations, fractions.

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[anthonydolio]

The answer is C = 9. I think you should move left to right. So 12 divided by 2 = 6. Then 6 times 3 = 18. Then 18 divided by 2 = 9. Let's see ...

[mariannewatts]

In order of execution use BODMAS; Brackets, of, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction. ie 12/2 =6 then 6 x3 = 18 and then 18/2 = 9

[suzanneburns]

This is a prime example of how some instructors not teaching the whole of PEMDOS...you made this so much easier! Thank you for being a great instructor! We were not told that the groups of Multiplication and division were to be done left to right in order of the problem. We were told that we were to always do multiplication, then division, addition and subtraction. This made many problems very confusing! Thank you again! ❤

[jasmnejones]

Got it right and I have been out of school several decades. Lol. I would like to take this time to thank all my teachers and the creator of this video. I remember having to show my work doing math problems and hated doing all of that. Now they just use calculators. So different now, but whatever works. This was fun. I’m ready to do another one, a new challenge. 😂

[peterrasmussen]

How to turn a 3 second math problem into a 13 minute video 😅

[MKO-USA]

My pre calculus professor in college told us in the first class "in the absence of brackets you always resolve left to right"...best math advice ever.

[maricarolfurlong]

I am also 50+ years from high school, and math was not one of my the courses I liked. My mind is being opened at years old. Thanks!

[Azitagangi]

I love math ! Glad I found your channel . Subscribed ! Of course . Thank you for your time and great explanation . Wish we had more knowledgeable and dedicated math teachers in our educational system… so our kids wouldn’t be so far behind in math from other countries . Math is an important subject in our daily life, pulse it improve our critical thinking which is so important . Thanks to my outstanding math teacher who thought us so well that today I don’t use any calculator for multiply or subtraction.. etc … I know my time table very well .. they never allow us to use calculator in our math class .. force us to use our brain instead of calculator. That improved our ability to think critically ! If your understanding of basic of math is strong, you will find the subject very sweet and easy to learn . Best of luck ! 🌿

[lisaboston]

It’s been 40 years since I graduated from high school. At first I was thinking the answer was (a)….but I stopped and thought about it for a second and realized it was (c). Geez. It’s amazing how much of what you learned gets rusty when you don’t really use it that often anymore. 😂 Enjoyed your video!

[veronicamorrison]

Just discovered you, happy days. At 80 years young, I have always been hopeless @ maths and have long planned to conquer that hangup.
As the summer approaches, I will again be spending more time on the golf course but am looking forward to getting my brain limbered up too.
I would really like to enjoy maths before I pop my clogs. You sound like the guy for me in 2024. Let’s do it! Thanks 😊

[scottmohr]

Easy! The answer is 1. PEMDAS is absolute in that multiplication comes before division.

[MnMGpa]

Thank you! Not once during any math class in high school (1980s) was order of operations explained this clearly.

[cjscatcat]

You are absolutely right in that there are not enough problems that demonstrate to students that it is either M or D whichever comes first. Usually there is some other component that makes the order relatively easy to figure out, but in this case, it really needs to be stressed because real life, is never like the textbooks!

[jameskleist]

I was only introduced to math problems like the one you had in the video, but it all made sense to me. Now, my older brother was taking calculus in the 8th grade. 1 time he cought the teacher had made a mistake. The teacher put a problem on the backboard then asked if anyone had questions; and my brother asked shouldn't the answer be this instead of what you have? The teacher re-did the problem and said yes John you are correct."

[snymanjd]

Pemdas made me see the light of maths as well as the explanation of m and d (do the one that comes first from left to right) and the a and s as well. It was never explained to me in this way, but now I understand it fully. Thank you for this small piece of information, which makes a massage impact in this field.

[hphvbpf]

Answer is a) 1.

2*3=6. So 12:6=2 let's take 2/2=1 so the answer is 1

[mzmxx]

Move the (division by 2) from over the long line to under the long line, so (12x3)/(2x2)=9.

[DrBrooksNY]

I graduated HS in '85 and wasn't taught the acronym PEMDAS, but instead the initialism PPMDAS, and Pretty Please, My Dear Aunt Sally as the explainers of the letters. I think it was also more accurately taught as PP(MD)(AS), but just to remember the 'pretty please, my dear aunt sally' part as sufficient. The extra parenthesis were there to let you know that they were a group of systems together and were separate from each other. With the understanding that the solving of left to right in the groups MD and AS. (All of which you explained as well.)

[SureSuccessTutoring]

Thank you for the session. Please, what App do you use in recording your class?

[pxetdfn]

Another way to solve this that I tend to prefer is to convert all the divisions into multiplications, so the divide by 2 could be multiply by 1/2 instead. Then it's all multiplication and you can combine in whatever order you want. This can be easier for some people to remember.