Hello!<\/p>\n
Here is a fun riddle to wake up your brain.<\/p>\n
Look closely at the image provided.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You will see a simple math question written on lined paper.<\/p>\n
It looks like something you learned in elementary school.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The question is: what is 4 + 4 \u00f7 4 + 4?<\/p>\n
It seems very easy at first.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t use the correct rules, you will get a wrong answer.<\/p>\n
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Did you immediately think the answer is 16?<\/p>\n
Well, the top of the page tells you something important.<\/p>\n
It says: \u201cAnswer is NOT 16?\u201d<\/p>\n
So, if you got 16, it is wrong, and we need to find out why.<\/p>\n
The person who made this puzzle wants you to rethink your approach.<\/p>\n
They know it\u2019s a very common mistake.<\/p>\n
The reason you might get 16 is by just reading the numbers left to right.<\/p>\n
If you do 4 + 4, you get 8.<\/p>\n
Then, if you take that 8 and divide by 4, you get 2.<\/p>\n
Finally, if you take that 2 and add 4, you get 6.<\/p>\n
Wait, that\u2019s not 16. What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s re-read the mistake pattern. Some people do: (4+4) \u00f7 (4+4).<\/p>\n
That would be 8 \u00f7 8, which is 1.<\/p>\n
Others do (4+4) \u00f7 4 + 4. That is 8 \u00f7 4 + 4.<\/p>\n
Which is 2 + 4, giving you 6.<\/p>\n
If people just treat division like another addition: 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16.<\/p>\n
This is why the image specifically says \u201cNOT 16?\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is a warning against a lazy or incorrect approach.<\/p>\n
To solve this correctly, we must use the rules of math.<\/p>\n
These rules are called the \u201corder of operations.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is also known by an acronym, like PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction) or BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction).<\/p>\n
This rule tells us what to do first, second, third, and so on.<\/p>\n
The rule says that Division and Multiplication are more powerful and must be done before Addition and Subtraction.<\/p>\n
Think of it like a higher rank in an army.<\/p>\n
So, let\u2019s look at the problem again with this new, powerful rule.<\/p>\n
The problem is: 4 + 4 \u00f7 4 + 4.<\/p>\n
According to the rules, we cannot just go from left to right.<\/p>\n
We must find the division problem first.<\/p>\n
The division part is 4 \u00f7 4.<\/p>\n
What is 4 divided by 4?<\/p>\n
It is simply 1.<\/p>\n
Now, we replace 4 \u00f7 4 in our problem with the number 1.<\/p>\n
Our problem is simplified to: 4 + 1 + 4.<\/p>\n
Now we have only additions, so we can go from left to right.<\/p>\n
First, do 4 + 1, which is 5.<\/p>\n
Finally, take that 5 and add the last 4.<\/p>\n
5 + 4 equals 9.<\/p>\n
So, the correct, logical, and mathematical answer is 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n The image was right to question the \u201c16\u201d.<\/p>\n It is a clever little trick to make you pause and remember your school lessons.<\/p>\n Did you get it right on the second try?<\/p>\n I hope you enjoyed this quick mental challenge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello! Here is a fun riddle to wake up your brain. Look closely at the image provided. You will see a simple math question written on lined paper. It looks like something you learned in elementary school. The question is: what is 4 + 4 \u00f7 4 + 4? It seems very easy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"views":226,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4591,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions\/4591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}