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[–] dillydogg@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I always thought pemdas was more like P/E/MD/AS with MD and AS occurring left to right

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is how I was taught, but also people don't really use the ÷ symbol in algebra beyond like 6th grade

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

people don’t really use the ÷ symbol in algebra beyond like 6th grade

Yes they do, just pick up a high school Maths textbook (in a country which uses obelus rather than colon).