According to Curiosity, a recent study in Japan found that only about 60% of twentysomethings could correctly solve the \”9 – 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1\” equation. What\’s troubling is that it has dropped from a rate of 90% in the 1980s.
Can you solve it correctly? Take a moment to think of your answer, then scroll down. We\’ll wait.
Are you done?
The correct answer is…
1
Yep, this requires you to “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally\”. Aka, order of operations: Parenthesis, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction.
Want to see the step by step guide of how to solve? Watch the below video.
