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@Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days ago

A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months

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A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months

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@Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days ago
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A nearly year-old Facebook event for a "simple maths competition" has been one of the most viral posts on the platform for six months.
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      Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction are executed at the same level and done in left to right order.

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          Because it’s just a mnemonic to remember what the order of operations is, not like… What the order of operations is, which you should know already if you know the mnemonic.

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          Because it’s the only other thing about that system at all. OP wasn’t teaching, just showing what that system does. If you looked for a source that explains it you’d be told

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