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[-] SereneSadie@quokk.au 7 points 5 days ago

Gonna keep shouting until it sticks;

Put a goddamn function sign for the parenthesis. Don't assume everyone just knows what to do with the parenthesis alone. Fml it bugs me every time this meme gets posted.

[-] Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 25 points 5 days ago

Counterpoint:

If kids where taught how to solve them properly we wouldn't need to dumb down equasions.

[-] prole 20 points 5 days ago

What? A number next to parenthesis always means multiplication. Are people really not taught this anymore?

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I live in Australia and don't recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

They taught us stuff like radius and area of a circle but not this

Edit:

Also counterpoint, people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different

[-] prole 1 points 4 days ago

I thought math was relatively universal. The US education system may be different, but I'm certain we're not the only place that does it that way.

[-] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 5 days ago

Why should anyone do that, an implied multiplication is the normal thing you learn in (I think?) somewhere between 5th to 7th grade. You only add an operator if it's something else. It's as basic as PEMDAS.