A simple-looking math equation is spinning heads - leaving internet users torn over the right answer. An X user @BholanathDutta posted the elementary grade math sum this week, telling people to solve ...

The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...

There are probably a lot of things you learned in school that you don’t even remember, but the “order of operations”—also known as PEMDAS—is likely to be one that stuck with you; you’ll mess up even ...