Viral math problem baffles many on Internet

[Hats Off]

It's rather is a sad commentary on mathematic education though.
Which did you use?
PEMDAS?
or
BODMAS?

Viral math problem baffles many on Internet: Can you solve 8÷2(2+2)?

2+2=4X2=8 divided by 8 = 1

[Wade]

My aptetude testin in my early 20's placed me in the 97th percentie for mathimatics in Canada, but that's ok I balanc out with my below 40th percentil or was it 30th percentil in Inglish… The moral is - the anser is 16

[Robert]

I'm guessing concatenation: 1+1 = 11.

1 + 1 = 2

1 and 1 is 11.

[silentreader]

My aptetude testin in my early 20's placed me in the 97th percentie for mathimatics in Canada, but that's ok I balanc out with my below 40th percentil or was it 30th percentil in Inglish… The moral is - the anser is 16

Naw, it's definitely 1. Any other answer is amoral.

[MaxPC]

It’s fun to see how we approach our maths.

Interesting how the comments on the link often are so political!

That goes on at every website including the cute animal videos on YouTube. I just don’t bother with the comments sections because trolls live to bombard those sections.

[Robert]

[Bootstrap]

I'm guessing concatenation: 1+1 = 11.

1 + 1 = 2

1 and 1 is 11.

Using everyday English words in math gets tricky. For instance, which of the following is correct:

a. "7 plus 5 IS 11"
b. "7 plus 5 ARE 11"

[MaxPC]

Robert, is that you in your pjs repelling a troll ?

Fancy pjs.

[Robert]

I'm guessing concatenation: 1+1 = 11.

1 + 1 = 2

1 and 1 is 11.

Using everyday English words in math gets tricky. For instance, which of the following is correct:

a. "7 plus 5 IS 11"
b. "7 plus 5 ARE 11"

I proper math languagie stuff, it would not be "is" but "equal."

So to be grammatically correct, I should have said:

1 + 1 = 2
1 and 1 are 11.

Is is not equal. Is and equal are not equal.

[Bootstrap]

Using everyday English words in math gets tricky. For instance, which of the following is correct:

a. "7 plus 5 IS 11"
b. "7 plus 5 ARE 11"

I proper math languagie stuff, it would not be "is" but "equal."

So to be grammatically correct, I should have said:

1 + 1 = 2
1 and 1 are 11.

Is is not equal. Is and equal are not equal.

OK, so doing it your way, which of the following is correct:

a. "7 plus 5 IS 11"
b. "7 plus 5 ARE 11"
c. "7 plus 5 equals 11"
d. "7 + 5 = 11"
e. "7 + 5 = 12"