Something to ponder on a Sunday afternoon.

[Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall]

We were taught BIDMAS rather than "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". Don't quite know where it was invented though.

 

[Simon Dale]

Its 170 Gary Walsh got it right

 

[Old Mod]

Answer is 10.



1 Banana x 7 choc chips = 7
2 o’clock + 1 Banana = 3
7 + 3 = 10

 

[Dumbo]

We were taught BIDMAS rather than "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". Don't quite know where it was invented though.

We were taught very little

 

[Concrete guy]

Well I had to Google BODMAS, I was certainly not taught this at school (I'm 50 next year). I was taught everything in brackets first, then work the sum left to right.

 

[Old Mod]

Well I had to Google BODMAS, I was certainly not taught this at school (I'm 50 next year). I was taught everything in brackets first, then work the sum left to right.

Yep, all new to me too Alan.

I just saw the puzzle elsewhere and it created a great response, hence my plagiarism
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[WetSaw]

I saw a similar thing before and I think young Mr Benton mentioned BODMAS and that was the first time in my 56 years on this planet that I'd ever heard of it.

 

[Old Mod]

Mr Benton mentioned BODMAS
.

Yes he did, and that’s why I stopped commenting
And why he got a PM telling him he talks too much!

 

[Old Mod]

In fact if you do 2 + 1 +1 x 7 on a calculator, it gives 10 as the answer.

 

[WetSaw]

Maybe I should have gone to school a bit more often.

 

[Old Mod]

Maybe I should have gone to school a bit more often.

Well I was taught to A level maths, and I’d never seen it before.

 

[Concrete guy]

Well in my few Google searches about this today it appears there can be two answers to the same equation depending if you use BODMAS or not. I've not even started to figure out when you do or don't apply it.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Maybe I should have gone to school a bit more often.

But think of all the fun you had mending bikes!

 

[Blunt Tool]

10

 

[John Benton]

Maybe I should have gone to school a bit more often.

I bet you're a cracking pool player though