{"id":5610,"date":"2024-06-19T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:49:26","slug":"many-people-get-it-wrong-can-you-solve-this-tricky-math-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=5610","title":{"rendered":"Many people get it wrong: Can you solve this tricky math problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Challenge: Can you solve this math problem for middle schoolers \u2013 without a calculator?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classic brain training methods are perhaps puzzles like crosswords or sudoku, but I have recently become more attracted to the type of challenge you\u2019ll see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These puzzles have been flooding the web lately, probably because they are really fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are old classic mathematical problems. When you were in middle or high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These math problems are more fun when you find yourself trying to remember the math you learned as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you figure out the correct solution?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the challenge, in the picture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailystorya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ey.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6755\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the top of the picture, we see the task and then four possible answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which solution do you think is the correct one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did you come up with it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take your time and think about it to find the correct solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Done? Below you can check if you picked the right number!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailystorya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/math2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6756\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The correct answer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The correct answer is B: 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is 12 the correct answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, if you remember from your school days, according to the order of operations, you do multiplication before addition and subtraction, so you start by solving 3 x 3, which results in 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we are left with a simpler math problem: 3 + 9 \u2013 3 + 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The answer is therefore 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you pick the correct number? Congratulations!<\/p>\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenge: Can you solve this math problem for middle schoolers \u2013 without a calculator? Classic brain training methods are perhaps puzzles like crosswords or sudoku, but I&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5612,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions\/5612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}