[irina]

Kalons-- a species with soft manes and even softer hearts.

(edited tail shine)

Monitored in forests across the globe for years, these animals
have recently been declared naturally tame as well as sentient.
Scientists are asking the general population to consider adopting
Kalons for further study in their capabilities of intelligence.

Feeling a bit blue today, so here's a worried little Kalon!
It's a FCFS, but you need to answer all the questions correctly!
Gonna have a little fun with this hehe, please no tbd on the name and gender!

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username;
name;
gender;
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = ? [answer is _]
inspirational gif;
funny animal picture;
Halloween costume fail;

[credit]

username;Credit
name;Bello
gender; male
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = [answer is 1]
inspirational gif;
funny animal picture;
Halloween costume fail;

[Ravendarus]

username; Ravendarus
name; Lillia
gender; Female
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = ? [answer is _] um 6?
inspirational gif; http://data1.whicdn.com/images/24416798/large.gif
funny animal picture; http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uplo ... ove-it.jpg
Halloween costume fail; http://partnerwithsheena.com/wp-content ... ails-5.jpg

[Tricksters]

username; tricksters
name; jonah
gender; agender
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = 9
inspirational gif;
funny animal picture;
Halloween costume fail; http://img.costumemodels.com/1/493/wolv ... e-fail.jpg

[wajas]

username; wajas
name; Thyme
gender; female
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = ? [answer is 9]
inspirational gif;
funny animal picture;
Halloween costume fail;

[Idem]

username; Idem
name; Blu
gender; Female
6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2) = ? [answer is 6]
inspirational gif; https://giphy.com/gifs/studiosoriginals-domitille-collardey-l41Yh1olOKd1Tgbw4
funny animal picture; http://quotesnhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Funny-Animal-Memes.jpg
Halloween costume fail; http://www.amusingtime.com/images/07/funny-halloween-costume-fail.jpg

[irina]

Congrats wajas! The answer to the math question is actually 9!

explanation;

The handy order of operations rule you learned in grade school, PEMDAS, says you should solve a problem by working through the Parentheses, then the Exponents, the Multiplication and Division, followed by Addition and Subtraction. But the thing about PEMDAS is, some people interpret it different ways and in there lies the controversy behind this problem.

Some people think that anything touching a parentheses should be solved FIRST. Which means they simplify the problem as follows: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷ 2(3) = 6÷6 = 1.

But just because a number is touching a parentheses doesn't mean it should be multiplied before division that's to the left of it. PEMDAS says to solve anything inside parentheses, then exponents, and then all multiplication and division from left to right in the order both operations appear (that's the key). That means that once you solve everything inside the parenthesis and simplify the exponents, you go from left to right no matter what. That means the problem should actually be solved as follows: 6÷2(1+2) = 6÷2*(1+2) = 6÷2*3 = 3*3 = 9.

Thanks everyone for taking a shot at this, and for cheering me up, you guys had really funny pictures/gifs! <3

[credit]

congrats

School has messed up my ability to math XD

[wajas]

Ahhh, thank you! ;;V;; I was afraid my answer was wrong. XD Thanks for posting the FCFS! She's so pretty~!

[Ravendarus]

XD I was right the first time ahhh oh well! Eeep congrats wajas!