DIE PEMDAS DIE - The Problem with PEMDAS - Wednesday's Why Episode 8

The order of operations is not wrong, and neither is PEMDAS. What is wrong is our understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction, as well as the relationship between multiplication and division. It causes all sorts of drama! This video tackles those issues in a hope that you’ll be better prepared to handle points of mathematical confusion in your future. Stay tuned until the end of the video when I show you two different ways of answering this problem correctly.

The PEMDAS Rap that is excellent can be found here:    • PEMDAS - Order of Operations RAP [Off...  

For the video by Mind Your Decisions that made this problem, click here:    • 6÷2(1+2) = ? Correct Answer Explained...  

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