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230 - 220 x 0.5 = 5!

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  • Depends how it is written.

    Does bodmas come into it if you just put the figures into a calculator....no. 

    That being the case the answer is 5.

    If you were going it as a proper maths equation then the answer is 120. 
    Yes, that is right. It's a proper maths equation, so the answer is 5!
  • edited July 2019
    5! all day long,well for me anyways,I just worked it like this...
    230-220 (=10) x 0.5 = 5!

    wrong way by the sound of it,but heyho if 5! is the answer...👍

    & who is BODMAS...🤔
  • 5 is wrong.

    5! is right.
  • Good question.
    all comes down to if you know the difference between 5 and 5!
    I don’t.
  • 5 all day long,well for me anyways,I just worked it like this...
    230-220 (=10) x 0.5 = 5

    wrong way by the sound of it,but heyho if 5 is the answer...👍

    & who is BODMAS...🤔
    That's the sort of answer I would have come up with in maths tests at school.  I would have set out all my workings, made it absolutely clear what I was trying to do, got all the arithmetic right, but then got the answer completely wrong, having totally missed the point.  

    Unfortunately your post isn't right.  The answer is 5!
  • Chizz said:
    5 all day long,well for me anyways,I just worked it like this...
    230-220 (=10) x 0.5 = 5

    wrong way by the sound of it,but heyho if 5 is the answer...👍

    & who is BODMAS...🤔
    That's the sort of answer I would have come up with in maths tests at school.  I would have set out all my workings, made it absolutely clear what I was trying to do, got all the arithmetic right, but then got the answer completely wrong, having totally missed the point.  

    Unfortunately your post isn't right.  The answer is 5!
    But that's what I said...5...👍
  • Chizz said:
    5 all day long,well for me anyways,I just worked it like this...
    230-220 (=10) x 0.5 = 5

    wrong way by the sound of it,but heyho if 5 is the answer...👍

    & who is BODMAS...🤔
    That's the sort of answer I would have come up with in maths tests at school.  I would have set out all my workings, made it absolutely clear what I was trying to do, got all the arithmetic right, but then got the answer completely wrong, having totally missed the point.  

    Unfortunately your post isn't right.  The answer is 5!
    But that's what I said...5...👍
    Yes, you did!  But the answer isn't 5, it's 5!
  • Depends how it is written.

    Does bodmas come into it if you just put the figures into a calculator....no. 

    That being the case the answer is 5.

    If you were going it as a proper maths equation then the answer is 120. 
    Depends on the calculator, you can't put the whole equation into a standard calculator, so bodmas does apply, it's just that the calculator you're using is incapable of applying it.

    Morning you have a decent calculator, like the ones recommended for GCSE and A level use, then you can enter the whole equation at once and the calculator will apply bodmas correctly.
  • Use brackets and there will only be one answer
  • Depends how it is written.

    Does bodmas come into it if you just put the figures into a calculator....no. 

    That being the case the answer is 5.

    If you were going it as a proper maths equation then the answer is 120. 
    Depends on the calculator, you can't put the whole equation into a standard calculator, so bodmas does apply, it's just that the calculator you're using is incapable of applying it.

    Morning you have a decent calculator, like the ones recommended for GCSE and A level use, then you can enter the whole equation at once and the calculator will apply bodmas correctly.
    The answer is 5! Even if the calculator says it's 120. 
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  • Use brackets and there will only be one answer
    There can be several answers to an equation.  One of the correct ones is 5!
  • Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    5 all day long,well for me anyways,I just worked it like this...
    230-220 (=10) x 0.5 = 5

    wrong way by the sound of it,but heyho if 5 is the answer...👍

    & who is BODMAS...🤔
    That's the sort of answer I would have come up with in maths tests at school.  I would have set out all my workings, made it absolutely clear what I was trying to do, got all the arithmetic right, but then got the answer completely wrong, having totally missed the point.  

    Unfortunately your post isn't right.  The answer is 5!
    But that's what I said...5...👍
    Yes, you did!  But the answer isn't 5, it's 5!
    Haha...yeah see now wot I didn't do...🙄,I'm on the edit,but still same work out...😉
  • Slow day
  • Chizz said:
    bellz2002 said:
    Yes but 5! = 120 = 5! = 6x20 = 5! = 10x12 = 5!

    As far as I see it, it is the same therefore if you put 120 or 5! It makes no difference. It is the same.
    Yes, that's right.  But the equation gives the answer 5! And that is, de facto, correct. 
    Sorry yes that is what I meant. I completely agree  :)
  • I would say 120 because of the absence of brackets.
  • seth plum said:
    I would say 120 because of the absence of brackets.
    The question is whether you think the answer that's given is right or wrong!  And why!  The answer given is 5!
  • A purist may say it's neither right or wrong. It's just TRUE
  • So many idiots. :s
  • edited July 2019
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  • Chizz said:
    One for maths geeks.  

    Without giving it away, do you think
    • it's right, but you're not sure what's clever about it? 
    • it's right, but you have to have a pretty good understanding of maths to know why? 
    • it's wrong 

    120
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  • edited July 2019
    It is 5! Not 5 :-)

    Sorry didn't read all the posts. 
  • Very good.  I had to think about it.  All depends if you know what ! means
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