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bodmas quirk 2-3+1 = 0 or -2
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addition is cummulative, you treat - as +(-1) so the minuses are really plusses with neg numbers.
They've been teaching you wrong at school
They've been teaching you wrong at school
safmaster
Using B.O.D.M.A.S it's -2; Addition is before Subtraction therefore it's 2-(3+1) = 2-4 = -2
This is the case if you are following B.O.D.M.A.S explicitly however with addition and subtraction you don't follow B.O.D.M.A.S; hence the answer is 0.
This is the case if you are following B.O.D.M.A.S explicitly however with addition and subtraction you don't follow B.O.D.M.A.S; hence the answer is 0.
wtf? what the **** are you doing man, you turned the +1 into a -1, multiply that out its now
2-3-1 !!
using bodmas it comes to 0
2+1 then -3 =0
god people are thick these days
Why is everyone saying 0. Its -2.
BODMAS.
Brackets
other
division
multiplication
addition 3+1=4
subtraction 2-4=-2
So if you follow bodmas its -2.
Calculator don't do bodmas thats why everyone is getting it wrong.
BODMAS.
Brackets
other
division
multiplication
addition 3+1=4
subtraction 2-4=-2
So if you follow bodmas its -2.
Calculator don't do bodmas thats why everyone is getting it wrong.
Simplicity
Why is everyone saying 0. Its -2.
BODMAS.
Brackets
other
division
multiplication
addition 3+1=4
subtraction 2-4=-2
So if you follow bodmas its -2.
Calculator don't do bodmas thats why everyone is getting it wrong.
BODMAS.
Brackets
other
division
multiplication
addition 3+1=4
subtraction 2-4=-2
So if you follow bodmas its -2.
Calculator don't do bodmas thats why everyone is getting it wrong.
It's you that's wrong... great to see you've ignored the entire thread (not that this is a rare trait of yours
).If you were right, then distributivity of multiplication over addition would break down, because we'd have:
2-3+1 = 2-(3+1) = 2-3-1, implying that 2-3+1=2-3-1, so 1=-1.
nuodai
It's you that's wrong... great to see you've ignored the entire thread (not that this is a rare trait of yours ).
If you were right, then distributivity of multiplication over addition would break down, because we'd have:
2-3+1 = 2-(3+1) = 2-3-1, implying that 2-3+1=2-3-1, so 1=-1.
).If you were right, then distributivity of multiplication over addition would break down, because we'd have:
2-3+1 = 2-(3+1) = 2-3-1, implying that 2-3+1=2-3-1, so 1=-1.
I was wondering if people read the thread before posting its 0. I don't know why this isn't closed. Its like the 0.99..=1, then you get people posting its not true. But they are trolling.
Anyway, mods close this thread. The anwser is 0.
6 pages of replies 
I think a lot of people are missing the point, including those who understand that it's 0; it's got nothing to do with BIDMAS/BODMAS because, whichever way you read it, you end up with 0 (which, incidentally, is why AS are grouped together as well as DM).
(2-3) + 1 = -1 + 1 = 0
2 + (-3 + 1) = 0
2-(3-1) = 0
1 + 2 - 3 = 0
2 + 1 - 3 = 0
(-3 + 2) + 1 = -1 + 1 = 0
The only possible way someone is confusing it is by thinking
2 - 3 + 1 = 2 - (3 + 1) but clearly that's wrong because 2 - (3 + 1) = 2 - 3 - 1, not 2 - 3 + 1.
Your teacher is a moron for suggesting it could be either.
(2-3) + 1 = -1 + 1 = 0
2 + (-3 + 1) = 0
2-(3-1) = 0
1 + 2 - 3 = 0
2 + 1 - 3 = 0
(-3 + 2) + 1 = -1 + 1 = 0
The only possible way someone is confusing it is by thinking
2 - 3 + 1 = 2 - (3 + 1) but clearly that's wrong because 2 - (3 + 1) = 2 - 3 - 1, not 2 - 3 + 1.
Your teacher is a moron for suggesting it could be either.
As my teacher put it, there's no such thing as subtraction... it's adding a negative therefore the sum reads;
2 + (-3) + 1 = 0
No?
2 + (-3) + 1 = 0
No?
lol @ those who put -2
Applying bodmas, it is 2 + (-3 +1) which is equal to zero.
No matter what 2-3+1=0.
In BODMAS addition and subtraction can be done in any order.
So when we solve this question from left to the right: we get 2-3=-1, then -1+1=0.
When we do addition first, all we need to do is remember is to attach the negative sign onto the '3'. So, -3+1=-2, then 2-2=0.
Hence 2-3+1=0.
Wow that was a long answer for such a trivial question.
In BODMAS addition and subtraction can be done in any order.
So when we solve this question from left to the right: we get 2-3=-1, then -1+1=0.
When we do addition first, all we need to do is remember is to attach the negative sign onto the '3'. So, -3+1=-2, then 2-2=0.
Hence 2-3+1=0.
Wow that was a long answer for such a trivial question.
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