Hurricane Advice

[DwayneNLiz]

So.....
What is the CORRECT answer?
3? 6? 12? something else?

12

 

[BantyChooks]

12

 

[Kiki]

 

[OneMountainAcres]

MDAS (my dear aunt Sally)

Multiply, divide, add, subtract

I'm still getting 6 lol

 

[BantyChooks]

MDAS (my dear aunt Sally)

Multiply, divide, add, subtract

I'm still getting 6 lol

Adding PARAchute EXpert (parentheses, exponents) to the front will help with slightly higher-level math problems too.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

We all stink at math

I still think I'm right but it's been ages since I learned order of operations. Probably been since before Liz was even born.

I didn't learn order of operations... or at least, if I did... I barely passed that class. and it was (omg, I'm gonna cry now) 23 years ago

 

[BantyChooks]

I didn't learn order of operations... or at least, if I did... I barely passed that class. and it was (omg, I'm gonna cry now) 23 years ago

See, us old fogies get excuses if we can't remember stuff from before them whippersnappers were born.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

What swamp are you referring to?

I'd duck hunt in Big Pasture, Cameron Parish, La. Watch the sun coming up. Watch the mists burn off. Watch the clouds turn from grey to blue then erupt in vivid pinks as the sun slowly made its way over the horizon. Watch the mosquitos form attack battalions and the birds in the swamp do their thing. Happy memories. Pictures won't do it justice because they are so small. You can't smell the air. Feel the wind. Thank you for sharing @rjohns39 ! Time for a trip to the swamp at sunup.

Once when duck hunting, the birds weren't flying. I sat and watched a seagull trying to eat a large shrimp, maybe a 10 count, for 2 hours. The seagull would work it's way to one end of the shrimp, get poked by the sharp thing. Then go to the other end and get poked. Repeat for 2 hours. When the ducks aren't flying, it was educational. The seagull finally got tired of watching us watch him eating the same shrimp and drifted off over the swamp grass and reeds. I wonder if it ever ate the shrimp.

Thank you, What a wonderful discription of the swamp, This why it is one of my favorite places to vacation. (even if it is close to home)

 

[DwayneNLiz]

so you have to do the 3x3 first
so then you have 3+9-3+3=
12

you go left to right, you dont actually do the addition and subtraction in that order
but Jess, i understand why you are getting that answer
you are looking at it like (3+9) - (3+3)=
so 12-6= 6 i get it!!
but PEMDAS
multiplication/division and addition/subtraction should be grouped together and done in order
sorry didnt mean for it to be a complicated answer

 

[Ursuline Chick]

What's warm weather?

Come visit me, it's in the 80's today. In about 6 years of having chickens we have only had ice in the water bowls once! lol Now in August I have to mist the yard to keep the hens from over heating!