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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

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4 X 4 + 4 X 4 + 4 - 4 X 4 =

robbiebob | 01:51 Mon 07th Jan 2013 | Quizzes & Puzzles

25 Answers

There are arguments between two different answers!!

Does anybody know if the sum could have two answers or only one??

TIA

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BrainFury

Best Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

02:01 Mon 07th Jan 2013

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ummmm

I got 20.

The Builder

I quess it all depends on how the question is put. In mathematical rules, you simply do all the Xs first, then it's obviously 20.

But, if someone came to you and said...... "mult. 4 by 4, then add 4, then mult. that by 4 ............... etc ........... then it will be 320.

chrissa1

If the brackets had been there, then you get 20. They weren't so I got 320.

bert_h

In standard mathematical notation, when the brackets aren't there, the rule is that the multiplications EFFECTIVELY have brackets, i.e.
(4 x 4) + (4 x 4) + 4 - (4 x 4) = 20.
That's what other posters are calling the BODMAS rule, or something similar.
However, there is another notation called POLISH (as from Poland) where each sign is performed as it is encountered, reading left to right. Hence 320. But unless the person setting the question has clearly stated that it's in 'Polish notation', 320 is wrong and 20 is correct.