3/8 times 2 squared divided by 2/3 + 1/5 = ? Many will get BASIC Math Problem WRONG! 

Same:)

Yup ...still got a bit left anyways, lol...all in my head as well....within a couple minutes

Some people even think Math is short for Mathematics

10 * 2 and 4 * 5 and of course 20 * 1 are the only ways to get 20 through multiplication. 49 is NOT divisible by any of those except 1. So it can NOT be simplified. It can however be turned into a mix number. Which of course would be 2 and 9 20ths

The O in BODMAS is Orders, meaning powers and roots. It's the same as Exponents in PEMDAS. BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same thing.

The answer is 49 ------ 20 Using inline notation that is written 49/20.

i meant 49/20!

​@@lawrencemoore2414Yeah I assumed that was just a typo. It was your original comment I was questioning. 49/20 IS the simplest form of the answer here.

It might be worth thinking about why it's confusing, and seeing if you can get to grips with calculating with fractions. This particular question happened to involve fractions that are easily converted to decimal. But not all fractions are easily converted to decimal so being able to do the calculations with fractions is useful.

49/20 is the answer. What's the problem with that? If you find it more natural to convert these numbers to decimals then that's fine. 2.45 is obviously a perfectly acceptable way to express the answer too. But there's no basis for assuming everyone else necessarily thinks of the problem that way, and no justification for seeking to force them to do so. This question happens to involve fractions that are easy to work with as decimals, but not all fractions are easily converted to decimals. There is obvious value in being able to do calculations like this without converting to decimal.

BODMAS and PEMDAS are the same - because D and M are same order of operations and you do them all in one step from left to right. Same with A and S, you do those all in one step from left to right, if a subtraction is the leftmost operation at that step you do that subtraction first. Both rules would be better shown as P.E.(D&M).(A&S).

@@ernesthakey3396 Where did you learn that crap? Not in grade 3 I am sure Read Pemdas and Bomdas from left to right

@@thenetsurferboy Given that I have a BS in Mathematics from MIT, I'm pretty sure I know what I am talking about when it comes to algebra. In general, if all you have is a string of multiplication and division, it doesn't actually matter which you do them in, but there can be cases where you need to resolve things left to right. Here's the official definition of BODMAS: "What is the BODMAS rule? The BODMAS rule follows the order of the BODMAS acronym, i.e. B - Brackets, O - Order of powers or roots, D - Division, M - Multiplication A - Addition, and S - Subtraction. The BODMAS rule states that mathematical expressions with multiple operations need to be solved from left to right in the order of BODMAS. Division and Multiplication are considered as interchangeable and depend on which comes first in the expression, as are Addition and Subtraction." Note that last sentence - D and M are interchangeable, and you solve them in the order of which comes first in the expression.

@@thenetsurferboy here it is restated slightly differently from another source, but same thing D/M are resolved at the same time, left to right: "BODMAS meaning When presented with a number sentence containing more than one operation (such as 3 + 4 x 2), the operations cannot be completed from left to right, but instead in their order of “importance,” which is what BODMAS stands for. BODMAS stands for: Brackets Orders Division/Multiplication Addition/Subtraction “Orders” means square roots and indices (which you may know as square numbers, powers, or exponents)."

@@thenetsurferboy note that PEMDAS puts multiplication first, while BODMAS puts division first, but both are legitimate - that's because in BOTH cases which one is shown first in the mnemonic doesn't matter because you do both during the same pass, just start at the left end of the expression and proceed through it, doing whichever one comes along. Obviously that pass is done after first resolving all sub-expressions in parentheses and then resolving all exponents ie orders.

You need to put the 2/3 in parentheses.