More often than not social media throws up interesting mind games that tickle our grey cells. Recently, a math puzzle started doing rounds on social media that has left many netizens scratching their heads. While the math equation, tweeted by a user @pjmdolI with a caption, "solve this", looked easy, many were not able to complete the task. ALSO READ | Is this coffee puzzle as simple as it looks? Twitterati struggle to find the answer Asking people the answer to "8/2 x (2+2)", the user gave out his response to the equation, which many informed him was incorrect. "I do parenthesis, multiplication, then division so I believe it’s 1," he tweeted. "I see so apparently division comes first..this is why I didn’t do well in math okay," he later tweeted. oomfies solve this pic.twitter.com/0RO5zTJjKk — em ♥︎ (@pjmdolI) July 28, 2019 The post was soon flooded with many trying to solve the problem. While some replied with answers to the equation, others explained why the user's answer was incorrect. What's your guess? Look at all the division (pun intended) under this Math problem. English would never. 🙃 — Sherlock Holmegirl (@misfit_000) July 31, 2019 How many times would I see algebraic expressions like attached where you'd finish out the bottom first and answer 1. Another order of operations problem. My solution...call people out for not using enough parenthesis. Putting =8/2*(2+2) in excel gives 16. Thanks @msexcel pic.twitter.com/hxGmjQtMiy — Craig Walenta (@cwalenta) July 31, 2019 Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally 8 / 2(4) Parenthesis 8 Mult 1. Division — BrokedownBayMaxRN🗽🇨🇦🇺🇸🏴🎭🏥⚓ (@cassamidy) July 31, 2019 the real problem with "tricky" questions like this is that no rational human being would write this expression like this — An Extremely, Bafflingly Unreasonable Man (@plainoldchair) July 31, 2019 1. 2+2＝4 2. 8÷2＝4 3. 4(4)＝4×4＝16.✅ — Benjamin_S16🌈🐺🐱 (@S_Benjaming) July 31, 2019
