wazua Mon, May 11, 2026
Welcome Guest Search | Active Topics | Log In

9 Pages«<56789>
are you a student . you never want this happening to you . lol
Options
Previous Topic · Next Topic
Kenya Web Designers
#61 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:17:14 AM
Rank: Hello

Joined: 4/17/2012
Posts: 4
Location: Nairobi
Now i know why I never made it to university
Running a business without a website in today's business environment is a confirmation that you are not ready to compete!
Back to top
WWW
  |
slickyoz
#62 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:22:56 AM
Rank: Member

Joined: 5/9/2011
Posts: 178
Location: Nairobi
Impunity wrote:
theman192000 wrote:
essyk wrote:

You cannot multiply before removing what is in the brackets first.

6/2(1+2)= 6/2(3) Pause there!
We must get rid of brackets b4 division and how d u get rid of brackets? you multiply 2x3 to get 6.
later you divide.6/6=1.smile




Let us write down what you have posted...

Brackets first and then remove the brackets by multiplying hence BODMAS now becomes:

BOMDAS

The O in BODMAS contrary to what your teacher told you does not mean take brackets off but refers to exponents (powers and roots). Otherwise we have double multiplication resulting in:

BMDMAS

Laughing out loudly


My unit teacher taught me that the "O" in BODMAS stands for "of" and off meant "multiplication"d'oh!

Now back to class:

6/2(1*2)
= 3(1+2)
= (3*1)+(3*2)
= 3+6
= 9 smile

ok..and what did the BODMAS mean..am getting lost here..but the answer is 9 period.
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it
Back to top
  |
essyk
#63 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:24:30 AM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 11/15/2011
Posts: 4,518
The answer is 9.

Use Bodmas to solve this equation. 6/2(1+2)

One group does it this way using nume.and denom.
6/2*(3)=18/2=9

Another does it like
6/(2*1+2*2)=6/6=1

Bodmas says Brackets off first.
Some say off means multiply.
Others say it means divide.
If we are using bodmas,we do away with brackets first therefore we multiply.

6 divided by (2*1)+(2*2)
6/6=1

Did I say the answer is 9??Sad
woi

How do we arrive at 9 without breaking the rule of Bodmas?

6/2*(3)=3*3=9

It means therefore that the brackets weren't removed!
We only went ahead to multiply before removal resulting in ADMBOS.

I am for 1 now.




"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Back to top
  | | Edit by user: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:32 AM | Reason: Not specified
Achiever
#64 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:39:48 AM
Rank: Member

Joined: 5/12/2009
Posts: 152
hehehe..i didn't know such a simple equation cld be so twisted..

I was taught to do what is in the bracket first, then BODMAS

6/2(1+2)
=6/2*3
=3*3
=9
Back to top
  | | Edit by user: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:49 AM | Reason: Not specified
Impunity
#65 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:17:58 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 3/2/2009
Posts: 26,334
Location: Masada
Sasa ADMBOS ndio styro gani jameni?
Ha ha ha...
Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
Back to top
  |
Tebes
#66 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:26:01 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 11/26/2008
Posts: 2,097
If your answer is 1 and you scored an 'A' in KCSE mathematics then there must have been a serious inflation of 'A' grades as has happened in the last few years.
"Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."
Back to top
  |
MaichBlack
#67 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:27:18 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 7/22/2009
Posts: 7,913
Good Morning Shudren.

Today we ara going to kafa BODMAS. A topic that it too simple that most of you have decided to complicate it.

Because we kafad the same last week, I will just kafa the problem area. The O in BODMAS.

The O in BODMAS stands for of not off which means powers, square roots, cube roots - anything you can raise a number to! To avoid confusion, some quarters refer to it as orders and some have gone ahead to replace the O with E to stand for Exponents (which is the least confusing) and hence BEDMAS.

A point worth noting is that no matter what you use - Of, Order, Exponent - they all mean the same thing. Anything you can raise a number to.

Those talking about "Brackets Off" are totally OFF!!! Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Brackets
Of
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Substraction

When you have an equation, work out the brackets first [Only what is INSIDE the brackets]

The following apply both inside and outside brackets

If there is anything to be raised to anything, do that first

If there is anything to be divided, that comes second.

If there is anything to be multiplied, that comes third.

If there is anything to be added, that comes fourth.

If there is anything to be substracted that comes last.

NOTE:

If you reduce what is in the brackets to a single value, you SIMPLY get rid of the brackets.

For example:

2 * 6 + (22 - 5 * 3)

= 2 * 6 + (22 - 15)

= 2 * 6 + (7)

= 2 * 6 + 7

= 12 + 7

= 19

Obviously, for the majority of us, the part in bold is condensed to one step but I have included two steps to explain the point.

The assertion that when you reduce the expression in brackets to a single value [like in 6/2(3)] you have to do one more computation to get the brackets "Off" is laughable to say the least.

a(b) = ab = a * b

6/2(3) = 6 / 2 * (3) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9!!!!
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
Back to top
  | | Edit by user: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:17 PM | Reason: Not specified
radio
#68 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:28:40 PM
Rank: Veteran

Joined: 11/9/2009
Posts: 2,003
= 9
Back to top
  |
essyk
#69 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:36:00 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 11/15/2011
Posts: 4,518
MaichBlack wrote:
Good Morning Shudren.

Today we ara going to kafa BODMAS. A topic that it too simple that most of you have decided to complicate it.

Because we kafad the same last week, I will just kafa the problem area. The O in BODMAS.

The O in BODMAS stands for of not off which means powers, square roots, cube roots - anything you can raise a number to! To avoid confusion, some quarters refer to it as orders and some have gone ahead to replace the O with E to stand for Exponents (which is the least confusing) and hence BEDMAS.

A point worth noting is that no matter what you use - Of, Order, Exponent - they all mean the same thing. Anything you can raise a number to.

Those talking about "Brackets Off" are totally OFF!!! Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Brackets
Of
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Substraction

When you have an equation, work out the brackets first [Only what is INSIDE the brackets]

The following apply both inside and outside brackets

If there is anything to be raised to anything, do that first

If there is anything to be divided, that comes second.

If there is anything to be multiplied, that comes third.

If there is anything to be added, that comes fourth.

If there is anything to be substracted that comes last.

NOTE:

If you reduce what is in the brackets to a single value, you SIMPLY get rid of the brackets.

For example:

2 * 6 + (22 - 5 * 3)

= 2 * 6 + (22 - 15)

= 2 * 6 + (7)

= 2 * 6 + 7

= 12 + 7

= 49

Obviously, for the majority of us, the part in bold is condensed to one step but I have included two steps to explain the point.

The assertion that when you reduce the expression in brackets to a single value [like in 6/2(3)] you have to do one more computation to get the brackets "Off" is laughable to say the least.

a(b) = ab = a * b

6/2(3) = 6 / 2 * (3) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9!!!!


Ngai!! This is the headmaster of Ndundori gwa Kiongo Primary.
The answer therefore is 9! smile
Thank u tisha

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Back to top
  | | Edit by user: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:44 PM | Reason: Not specified
bkismat
#70 Posted : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:56:05 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 10/23/2009
Posts: 2,375
essyk wrote:
MaichBlack wrote:
Good Morning Shudren.

Today we ara going to kafa BODMAS. A topic that it too simple that most of you have decided to complicate it.

Because we kafad the same last week, I will just kafa the problem area. The O in BODMAS.

The O in BODMAS stands for of not off which means powers, square roots, cube roots - anything you can raise a number to! To avoid confusion, some quarters refer to it as orders and some have gone ahead to replace the O with E to stand for Exponents (which is the least confusing) and hence BEDMAS.

A point worth noting is that no matter what you use - Of, Order, Exponent - they all mean the same thing. Anything you can raise a number to.

Those talking about "Brackets Off" are totally OFF!!! Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Brackets
Of
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Substraction

When you have an equation, work out the brackets first [Only what is INSIDE the brackets]

The following apply both inside and outside brackets

If there is anything to be raised to anything, do that first

If there is anything to be divided, that comes second.

If there is anything to be multiplied, that comes third.

If there is anything to be added, that comes fourth.

If there is anything to be substracted that comes last.

NOTE:

If you reduce what is in the brackets to a single value, you SIMPLY get rid of the brackets.

For example:

2 * 6 + (22 - 5 * 3)

= 2 * 6 + (22 - 15)

= 2 * 6 + (7)

= 2 * 6 + 7

= 12 + 7

= 49= 19 Tisha is wrongLaughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Obviously, for the majority of us, the part in bold is condensed to one step but I have included two steps to explain the point.

The assertion that when you reduce the expression in brackets to a single value [like in 6/2(3)] you have to do one more computation to get the brackets "Off" is laughable to say the least.

a(b) = ab = a * b

6/2(3) = 6 / 2 * (3) = 6 / 2 * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9!!!!


Ngai!! This is the headmaster of Ndundori gwa Kiongo Primary.
The answer therefore is 9! smile
Thank u tisha


It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
Back to top
  |
9 Pages«<56789>
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.

Wazua Club SK Theme
Powered by YAF | YAF © 2003-2009, Yet Another Forum.NET
Copyright © 2026 Wazua.co.ke. All Rights Reserved.