Question

What is 18 divided by 2 x 3 + 4

Answer 1

When I put it into a calculator it gives me 31 when I do it I get a different answer

Answer 2

I ended up getting 7

Answer 3

screw PEMDAS. Just evaluate from left to right. The answer is what you want it to be

Answer 4

I don't get it isn't that the method you're supposed to use?

Answer 5

Yeah i evaluated it left to right and got 31

Answer 6

Sure. 31 it is.

Answer 7

@mathmale

Answer 8

PEMDAS
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
This is in the order of first to last with parentheses first. Since multiplication is before subtraction, you multiply first.
So do 2*3 first then add 4 to the product.

Answer 9

"What is *18 divided* by 2 x 3 + 4"

Answer 10

Do multiplication or division first. Order doesn't matter.

After that, add 4 to the result.

Answer 11

It's 7

Answer 12

It doesn't matter what order you do in multiplication and division because dividing anything by n is same as multiplying it by 1/n.

Answer 13

Is it \[\frac{ 18 }{ 2*3+4 }\] or \[\frac{ 18 }{ 2*3 }+4\]

Answer 14

probably jus18 / 2 * 3 + 4, as in \(\dfrac{18}2\times3+4\)

Answer 15

It's either 7 or 31 depending on how you look at it.

Answer 16

\[18 \div 2*3+4\]

Answer 17

what I did was I multiplied 2*3 first and got 6

then I divided that by 18 and got 3 then added 4 which was 7

Answer 18

@MathIsCancer when I just put the whole thing into the calculator I get 31 but I'm not sure how you would get two different answers

Answer 19

Depends on how you read it

Answer 20

31 makes the most sense, I would go with that.

Answer 21

wait ...

I think i see it now..

\[\frac{ 18 }{ 2 }*3+4 = \frac{ 18 }{ 2 }*(\frac{ 3 }{ 1 }) = \frac{ 54 }{ 2 } = 27+4.. = 31..\]

thanks

Answer 22

Yup, so 31 is your answer!