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  • mpython
    mpython Posts: 3,677 Forumite
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    I did say pedant's prize......:rolleyes:

    I answered with 100 as per Kipper's post.
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  • daftlass_2
    daftlass_2 Posts: 18 Forumite
    So you did, please excuse me today - not feeling at my best. Well good luck to us both, I could take it with me on my CLC holiday if I win it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :D oh dear ! :D
  • womble65
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    I vote for Kipper.
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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,935 Forumite
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    Sorry I'm number dyslexic so most of those numbers just look like squiggles to me :o
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  • jackieb
    jackieb Posts: 27,605 Forumite
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    mpython wrote: »
    In mathematics, multiplication & division comes before addition or subtraction unless there are brackets stating otherwise. So the sum:-

    What is 8 + 3 - 4 x 2 + 1 - 5 x 10?

    becomes

    What is 8 + 3 - 8 + 1 - 50?

    = - 46

    Soooo long since i've been to school but if you get the answer -46, shouldn't the sum have read like this...8 + 3 - (4 x 2) + 1 - (5 x 10) ?

    I got 100 too. :)
  • WhichWayNow
    WhichWayNow Posts: 457 Forumite
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    That's NumberWang!
  • smaisey
    smaisey Posts: 985 Forumite
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    WhichWayNow wrote: »
    That's NumberWang!

    :rotfl:

    It's definately 100.

    it's just a sum, not an equation!
  • sarerb18
    sarerb18 Posts: 1,979 Forumite
    need :coffee:
    Thanks Kipper.
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  • harassedmumof4
    harassedmumof4 Posts: 829 Forumite
    My brains gone all squidgy after that lot. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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  • Teerah
    Teerah Posts: 1,794 Forumite
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    mpython wrote: »
    Would I get the pedant's prize for the right answer = -46?


    Thats the way I was thinking too lol
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