Toes♀@ani.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agoGlitch in the matrixani.socialimagemessage-square576fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down10
arrow-up1421arrow-down1imageGlitch in the matrixani.socialToes♀@ani.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agomessage-square576fedilink
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago Schools only started teaching that rule relatively recently Recently? The order of operations rules have been taught for more than a century (we can see them in Lennes’ letter).
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoOrder of operations in general, yes. Implied multiplication coming before explicit multiplication/division is what’s recent.
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago Implied multiplication coming before explicit multiplication/division is what’s recent. “implicit multiplication” is not taught, because there’s no such thing as implicit multiplication the “controversy” over it isn’t recent either - we can see Lennes complaining about it more than 100 years ago! The more things change the more they stay the same (sigh).
Recently? The order of operations rules have been taught for more than a century (we can see them in Lennes’ letter).
Order of operations in general, yes. Implied multiplication coming before explicit multiplication/division is what’s recent.