It began early this week when a Twitter user named Em tweeted the equation 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ?. Many calculated the problem and came up with an answer of 16. But others did the math just as confidently ...

Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills from grade school are still intact.

A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of the mathematical order of operations with a string of numbers and missing arithmetic symbols. Gergely Dudás, of Budapest, Hungary, shared the new ...

So why is this happening? According to one Twitter user, the answer depends on which mathematician you listen to: It's either 1 or 16 depending on which mathematician you listen to, because order of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It seemed that many were quick to figure out the equation, while others definitley struggled. You’re never too old to learn ...

A seemingly easy math puzzle making the rounds on the internet has left people scratching their heads as it requires some clever thinking. The brainteaser, that was shared on X this week by user ...