Pemdas Memes

The eternal struggle of math education in one beautiful bell curve! At the extremes (IQ 55 and 145), we've got people confidently saying "just understand it bro" while having NO CLUE what's happening. Meanwhile, the stressed-out middle-IQ folks are desperately reciting "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" because apparently memorizing random mnemonics is easier than grasping why order of operations matters. This is literally every math class where the geniuses and the clueless somehow reach the same conclusion through wildly different paths of ignorance, while the rest of us cry in PEMDAS.

Behold the mathematical apocalypse! A simple order of operations question has split humanity into two warring factions - Team 1 (53.5%) and Team 9 (42.8%)! For those who've forgotten their PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction), this is why we can't have nice things! The correct answer is 9: first handle the parentheses (1+2=3), then division (6÷3=2), not 1: division before parentheses (6÷2=3, then 3×3=9). With nearly half of 66,704 people getting it wrong, no wonder the friend's optimism about humanity is met with such skepticism! If we can't agree on basic arithmetic, how are we supposed to solve climate change? 🤯

The classic "4³² = 46" equation. Looks like someone skipped the order of operations day in math class. That's not how exponents work, buddy. In the real world, that equals 262,144. The difference between passing your physics final and explaining to your parents why you're changing majors to interpretive dance.

The mathematical sleight of hand here is absolutely diabolical! This meme starts with the infamous order of operations debate (6÷2(1+2)) that breaks the internet every few years, then performs a series of increasingly absurd mathematical "steps" that somehow conclude x equals both 1 and 9 simultaneously. The trick? After correctly calculating x = 9, they sneakily introduce "x - 5 = 4" out of nowhere, then manipulate equations until reaching the factored form (x-1)(x-9)=0, which gives solutions x=1 and x=9. It's like watching a magician pull a rabbit from a hat, except the rabbit is mathematical nonsense and the hat is your confused brain. Next time someone tries to convince you 2+2=5, just show them this proof. They'll either laugh or have an existential crisis!

That Texas Instruments calculator showing 10+10*2=30 is the mathematical equivalent of finding contamination in your control sample. The calculator isn't broken—it's just following order of operations (PEMDAS) where multiplication happens before addition. The correct answer is 30, not 40. It's like telling a grad student to "heat the solution then add the catalyst" and they add the catalyst first because they didn't read the protocol properly. Classic operator error masquerading as technology failure.

The existential crisis when you realize "half of 50" could mean 50÷2 or 50×0.5, both giving you 25, then add 20 to get 45. But wait... is it (50÷2)+20 or 50÷(2+20)? The correct answer is B) 45, but the mounting dread that someone might pick A) 22 because they divided 50 by 22 is enough to make any mathematician contemplate a career change. Order of operations trauma strikes again.

BEHOLD! The mathematical mayhem that breaks the internet! The equation "6÷2(1+2)=" has sparked more heated debates than whether Pluto is a planet! The correct answer is 9 (do parentheses first: 6÷2×3=9), but countless math-traumatized souls insist it's 1 (doing 2(3)=6 first, then 6÷6=1). It's PEMDAS pandemonium! The meme perfectly captures how a century-old mathematical convention can still cause people to absolutely lose their minds on social media. And they say math isn't exciting! *cackles maniacally while scribbling equations on windows*

The eternal battle between people who remember PEMDAS and those who just... don't. The equation 230 - 220 * 0.5 equals 120 if you ignore order of operations (230 - 110 = 120), but it's actually 120 if you follow the rules (220 * 0.5 = 110, then 230 - 110 = 120). Wait... both answers are 120? That can't be right. Let me recalculate... Oh, it's actually 230 - 110 = 120! The meme is claiming the answer is 5, which is spectacularly wrong, hence the normal distribution of intelligence showing most people getting it correct while the extremes (both geniuses and, well, not-so-geniuses) somehow agree on the wrong answer. This is basically Facebook comment sections whenever someone posts "Only geniuses can solve 2+2×2!" and then everyone fights to the death about whether it's 6 or 8.

Santa's bringing mathematical clarity to town! The "naughty" expression (6 ÷ 2(1 + 2)) is the infamous math problem that breaks the internet every few months. Without proper notation, it's ambiguously evil—is it (6÷2)×3=9 or 6÷(2×3)=1? The "nice" versions eliminate the ambiguity by clearly showing the intended grouping. This is why mathematicians drink heavily during holiday parties. Remember kids: parentheses are free, and they prevent family arguments better than avoiding politics at dinner.

The internet's favorite pastime: watching people fight over basic math! The equation "6+6+6+6×0=" has a clear answer of 18 because of the order of operations (PEMDAS). Multiplication before addition means the 6×0=0, then add up the three 6's. But watch as mathematical chaos ensues! Some folks ignore PEMDAS entirely and calculate left-to-right (getting 0), while others somehow conjure up answers like 6 or 11 from the mathematical void. It's like watching people argue whether water is wet while the mathematicians in the corner are having aneurysms. Nothing unites the internet quite like confidently incorrect math. Next up: debating whether 0.999... equals 1 or if we should just burn all the textbooks and start over.

The classic math flirtation escalates from basic arithmetic to the Collatz conjecture faster than you can say "order of operations." First panel: cute small talk about loving math. Second panel: suddenly we're discussing Terence Tao's work on almost bounded values in Collatz orbits—one of the most notorious unsolved problems in mathematics. Meanwhile, that simple equation (6 ÷ 2(1+2) = 1) is just sitting there, causing internet flame wars because people can't agree if the answer is 1 or 9. It's like bringing a knife to a thermonuclear war. The mathematical equivalent of saying "I like jogging" and your date responding with their complete strategy for winning an ultramarathon on Mars.

The eternal mathematical trust issues! That moment when you calculate (2+2)×3 and still use parentheses around the 2+2 even though your calculator follows PEMDAS perfectly fine. It's like double-checking that your front door is locked after locking it and checking it twice already. The fear of accidentally computing 2+(2×3) instead haunts us all—because one wrong operation and suddenly your rocket crashes into Mars instead of orbiting it. The parentheses are our mathematical security blanket, and we're not giving them up!