New Posts For Thread: Maths quiz: 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 = ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0This has worked well elsewhere, so let's share it here.Post your answer and reasoning...I remember this issue arising in the mid-70s when pocket calculators first entered general use. Obviously they weren't allowed in classrooms, and one maths teacher used to use this kind of example, whereby the answer is given as 0 instead of the corrhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517844505#517844505I remember this issue arising in the mid-70s when pocket calculators first entered general use. Obviously they weren't allowed in classrooms, and one maths teacher used to use this kind of example, whereby the answer is given as 0 instead of the corrFri, 23 Mar 2012 10:21:10 -0500I have to say, this has totally freaked me out, I use my windows calculator (in scientific view) to calculate loadings and pressures for my engineering design work! In scientific view it comes out 15, in normal view it comes out 0. I am now concernedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517842313#517842313I have to say, this has totally freaked me out, I use my windows calculator (in scientific view) to calculate loadings and pressures for my engineering design work! In scientific view it comes out 15, in normal view it comes out 0. I am now concernedFri, 23 Mar 2012 09:09:15 -050015 is it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517840405#51784040515 is it.Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:56:40 -0500I was taught PEMDAS instead of BODMAS, answer still 15 though.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517837683#517837683I was taught PEMDAS instead of BODMAS, answer still 15 though.Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:01:47 -0500The chit chat forum has performed better than the football forum imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517837597#517837597The chit chat forum has performed better than the football forum imoFri, 23 Mar 2012 04:55:17 -0500agreed on the BODMAS (the brackets would be merely indicative)5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 = ?0 x 5... 05 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 ... 15https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517832005#517832005agreed on the BODMAS (the brackets would be merely indicative)5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 x 0 = ?0 x 5... 05 + 5 + 5 - 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 ... 15Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:17:10 -050015no bracketshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517831231#51783123115no bracketsThu, 22 Mar 2012 20:47:49 -0500BODMAS ffshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517828809#517828809BODMAS ffsThu, 22 Mar 2012 19:07:59 -0500BODMASS=> 15https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517828775#517828775BODMASS=> 15Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:07:11 -0500any number X 0 = 0https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29017315/maths-quiz-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-x-0?post_id=517826971#517826971any number X 0 = 0Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:07:09 -0500