Everyone agreed on the first step: Solve inside the parentheses, for 2+2=4. But after that, people split down two paths. Some multiplied first, while others divided, leading to different answers—1 and ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...

Can you solve the elementary school problem that divided the internet in less than 30 seconds? Test your might in this ...

A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of algebra and spot-the-difference skills with a pictograph math problem that assigns numbers to different fruits. Gergely Dudás, of Hungary Budapest, ...

Perhaps you’ve seen the problem on Facebook or another forum: 6 ÷ 2(1+2) = ? It’s one of several similar math problems popping up on social networks recently. Perhaps you, too, thought, “Duh! That’s ...

In grade school, you were probably constantly drilled on mathematics. Whether it be multiplication tables, simple addition, or complicated division, it was taught over and over again that quick math ...

YOU may remember learning about PEMDAS in elementary or grade school as a way to remember how to solve an equation. The acronym often sparks a specific memory of ...

Make a calculator that shows the steps on how to solve a PEMDAS math problem. Ex: 2 / 5 + 8 * 2 1st step: 8 * 2 = 16 so 2 / 5 + 16 2nd step: 2 / 5 = 0.4 so 0.4 + 16 3rd step: 0.4 + 16 = 16.4 ...

The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...