{"id":5952,"date":"2026-10-06T01:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:52:08","slug":"how-old-is-emma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/?p=5952","title":{"rendered":"How Old Is Emma?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you enjoy solving fun math riddles in your free time?<\/p>\n

Here is a quick brain teaser written on lined paper that will test your basic math skills.<\/p>\n

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The puzzle presents a simple story about a girl named Emma.<\/p>\n

When someone asked Emma her age, she did not just say a plain number.<\/p>\n

Instead, she replied with a mathematical expression: 50 + 10 x 0 + 7 + 2.<\/p>\n

The main question asks: \u201cHow old is Emma?\u201d<\/p>\n

At first glance, this expression looks like something you can easily calculate from left to right.<\/p>\n

However, if you calculate it straight from left to right, you might make a common mistake.<\/p>\n

To find Emma\u2019s true age, you need to follow the fundamental order of operations in mathematics.<\/p>\n

The order of operations is often remembered by acronyms like PEMDAS or BODMAS.<\/p>\n

This rule states that multiplication and division must always be performed before addition and subtraction.<\/p>\n

Let us break down Emma\u2019s answer step by step.<\/p>\n

The expression contains four numbers linked by addition and multiplication signs.<\/p>\n

First, identify the multiplication part in the expression, which is 10 x 0.<\/p>\n

According to the rules of arithmetic, any number multiplied by zero equals zero.<\/p>\n

So, 10 x 0 evaluates to 0.<\/p>\n

Now, replace 10 x 0 with 0 in the original expression.<\/p>\n

The expression now becomes 50 + 0 + 7 + 2.<\/p>\n

Since all remaining operations are additions, you can now add the numbers together from left to right.<\/p>\n

First, add 50 + 0, which equals 50.<\/p>\n

Next, add 7 to 50, which gives 57.<\/p>\n

Finally, add 2 to 57, which results in 59.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the final value of the expression is 59.<\/p>\n

Logically, Emma is 59 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you enjoy solving fun math riddles in your free time? Here is a quick brain teaser written on lined paper that will test your basic math skills. The puzzle presents a simple story about a girl named Emma. When someone asked Emma her age, she did not just say a plain number. Instead, she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952","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=5952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5954,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions\/5954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storydosee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}