This simple looking sum went viral and has got people very hot under the collar
This simple looking arithmetic is not as easy as it looks. Or maybe it is. Having read most of the comments it prompted, we’re not sure we know anything anymore.
idk what stresses me out more, the fact that 26% somehow got 13 or the fact that the correct answer isnt even an option pic.twitter.com/r6o0TW7ZZn
— ➡semihiatus (@grovndzero) January 20, 2018
Okay so the fury about the people who ended up with 13, we can all agree on that. But 16 not the right answer? Are you sure about that?
What better way to find the answer than ask Twitter? Right? Er, maybe. Here’s what people made of it.
1.
I’m so sorry for your loss
— ??? (@BOXERHOLE) January 21, 2018
2.
— ➡semihiatus (@grovndzero) January 21, 2018
3.
“times” pic.twitter.com/93OYdN4GZP
— wavy gyal ㄙ (@Dyeplsx3) January 21, 2018
4.
(2+2) X 4 *
— Zeus (@_CyanRyan_) January 21, 2018
5.
no, it’s (2×4) + 2.
— ᶜᵃᶦᵗˡᶦⁿ (ᵔᴥᵔ) (@raichew) January 21, 2018
It’s a sign of the debate it started that the tweet has been retweeted 150,000 and liked more than 300,000. That’s, like, twice as many likes as retweets. Is that right? Anyway, back to the original question.
6.
Answer is
— @watchingyourmom (@watchingyourmom) January 21, 2018
7.
729 people think a sentence worded as “Answer is It’s 10” is grammatically superior to “Answer is 10.”
— Justin Grindley (@JustinGrindley) January 21, 2018
8.
where i’m from its “brackets of division, multiplication, addition & subtraction”
— return of the bodysnatcher. 🗡 (@nvmiko_xo) January 21, 2018
9.
where im from we use pemdas: parentheses exponents multiplications division addition subtraction
— hannah♥️ (@scomiche613) January 21, 2018
10.
Where im from we say PEMDAS but it stands for “ Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sasha “
Never understood where the math came in at
— 🌟 (@TheRisingIcon_) January 21, 2018
11.
order of operations is fake anyway, it only exists because computers have to have an exact order to do things in
— Gender: Chaos (@genderjumper) January 21, 2018
12.
Only if by “computers” you mean people who compute things. Standardized notation is arbitrary but practical. The order is what it is so we can do stuff with polynomials unambiguously without having to write a million )(. Polynomials are super useful.
— Alrecenk (@Alrecenk) January 21, 2018
It’s about here our eyes started to sweat.
13.
At least 2×2 is 4 and 4×4 is 16 so that is excusable a little IMO.
But odd numbers?! Almost 1/3 of ppl?!?! JFC.
— TheWhinterQueen⭕️ (@WhinterQueen) January 21, 2018
Quick, someone ask Donald Trump.
