Math question...

[Noah930]

What is 56 - 24 / 3 + 12?

My child's math teacher said 36.
I say 60, as does a friend who was formerly a schoolteacher.

Essentially, in PEMDAS, do you literally do all the operations according to P-E-M-D-A-S? So that all addition gets done before all subtraction? Or are addition/subtraction considered equivalent in priority so that you then do the equation left-to-right?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

60.

PEMDAS applies.

[Outback Porsche]

Teacher needs to go back to school.

56 - 24 / 3 + 12 = 60

56 - (24 / 3 + 12) = 36

[Eric Coffey]

Yep, 60.

Tell her to show it to her teacher like this: 56-(24/3)+12=60.
Then tell her to ask her teacher where his/her degree was from.

[Arizona_928]

Prolly Arizona state��

[Norm K]

^^^ The graduates of which are also known for their English prowess.

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[Arizona_928]

Lol!

[Gogar]

60

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by Norm K

^^^ The graduates of which are also known for their English prowess.

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Doan hait.

[Flieger]

As it was written in the original post that equals 60.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by Flieger

As it was written in the original post that equals 60.

Yes, there were no parentheses. The only difference was that I used the slash sign instead of the traditional division sign ('cause I don't know how to do that symbol on my iPad).

[rattlsnak]

yep, 60. howverer post it on FB and you will 20 different answers, all from 'math professionals'

[look 171]

Common core math

[mreid]

F***! That's my age. Stop teasing me!

[Outback Porsche]

And 22.666666666666667

[RKDinOKC]

Just ask the teacher if

56-8+12 is the same as 56+12-8. Then tell her there are no parenthesis ie. 56-(8+12)

[M.D. Holloway]

well, there is the option of 56-24 over 3+12 or 32/15 0r 2.13...not saying its right but its another way!

[wdfifteen]

Again?

[M.D. Holloway]

56 - 24 / 3 + 12

(56-24) / (3+12)

56-24 = 32
3+12 = 15

32 / 15

2.13

[billybek]

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

Edit: POP beat me to it...