text: 08-09-2017 10:20 PM
  1. My android calculator fails to preform basic math order of operations. Is there a fix for this? This is the built in calculator for the Galaxy S6
  08-08-2017 08:47 PM
  2. Welcome to Android Central.
  
  I'm no math genius but I don't see what the problem is. The answer is 9. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.
  08-08-2017 09:12 PM
  3. The order of operations ranks multiplication and division on the same level. Same goes for addition and subtraction. When you have both in an equation like this, you run them left to right. So:
  
  6÷2x(2+1)=
  6÷2x3=
  (6÷2)x3=
  3x3=9
  
  So your calculator is correct, though I think I have seen at least one physical calculator get the order of operations wrong. For more info http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops.htm
  08-08-2017 09:26 PM
  4. I bet the answer is 1😠.
  Whether it's 1 or 9, these things are very annoying, because there should be no possible room for doubt. Mathematicians must improve things accordingly😡.
  08-09-2017 06:11 AM
  5. It's 42.....
  08-09-2017 08:57 AM
  6. 6 divided by 2, OK, but what does the 2+1 in brackets signify again? It's been decades for me (tens of years).
  Help me out.
  The parts in parenthesis (or brackets, depending on your terminology) always get performed first according to the order of operations.
  08-09-2017 11:14 AM
  7. Values inside parentheses are evaluated before anything else, so 2+1=3. Then 6/2=3 * 3=9.
  08-09-2017 11:42 AM
  8. Ah. The OP didn't put multiply (x) before the parentheses, but I take it parentheses signifies multiplication anyway?
  Correct.
  
  2(2+1) is the same as 2x(2+1)
  08-09-2017 12:14 PM
  9. .... and finally, regarding the \$2 in my pocket, the fastest way to convert that into a million bucks is?
  Plant it in fertile soil and water daily until it sprouts a money tree.
  08-09-2017 12:27 PM
  10. LOL. Brilliant!
  
  ... although probably not the quickest
  True, but probably have about the same chance of success as winning the lottery.
  08-09-2017 01:07 PM
  11. Ah. The OP didn't put multiply (x) before the parentheses, but I take it parentheses signifies multiplication anyway?
  Normally it's multiply/divide followed by add/subtract (it doesn't matter which of the pair comes first, the answer will be the same), but if you want 2 numbers added before the result is used, you have to use parentheses. 6÷2 (2+1) normally would be a/2 or 2*2 first, then the rest of the multiplication/division, then the addition. But that's not what's indicated by 6÷2 (2+1).
  
  Remember - My Dear Aunt Sally - Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction, but exponentiation before any of them and calculations inside parentheses are done before being used outside the parentheses.
  08-09-2017 01:27 PM
  12. calculator app says 6÷2 (2+1)=9
  Given the notation of "2()", I don't recall if that grouping is supposed to equal "(2 x ())" for a higher precedence than the normal multiply-divide.
  
  My LG G4 calculator automatically puts in the multiply operator between the 2 and ( thus solving the ambiguity, but not necessarily solving it correctly.
  08-09-2017 02:01 PM
  13. Well there sure are some smarty pants in this crowd!
  08-09-2017 10:04 PM
  14. That's what I was trying to remember. Thanks a lot!
  
  .... and finally, regarding the \$2 in my pocket, the fastest way to convert that into a million bucks is?
  
  I've heard that the best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your pocket.
  08-09-2017 10:20 PM
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