I mean, obviously ten.

But I at least understand 16.

I deeply worry about the percentage just next to the other three numbers.

A multiple choice question where all the answers are wrong, says nothing about math or the mathematical understanding of the general population.

This is engagementbait and its hooked you too.

Was this multiple choice? Because if 10 isn't an option, people are just going to answer whatever.

It’s not a bad analogy for american democracy. None of the options are correct, so you either pick the wrong answer that makes some amount of sense or write in the correct answer and be completely ignored in the tally of results.

This is why I write it as 2+(2x4). The parentheses aren't techniclly necessary, but they do make it clearer to people who haven't been in a school for 35 years.

This isn’t even math, just convention on rules for order of operations.

The annoying prevalence of this meme suggests to me that an alarming number of people lack even a middle-school understanding of basic arithmetic.

Let's just agree to disagree, then. /s

I love this so much because on the ballot, the right answer is also often missing

Okay, buddy elementary school

SADMEP

Solve for x

In america, math IS a democracy, and this is why we are losing our democracy.

Should really allow people to answer how they want.

Who's Big Math in charge of the multiple choice?

Who's denying a voice to those who want to answer that question with "10"? [Edit: or "F"? ~ or an essay on being "off by 1"]

So people just assumed an imaginary parentheses?

8x + 2

@Mog_Spawn @humour 2 2x4's are not as strong as a 4x4. But you have to remember to take of 1/4" from every width.

Conventions shmonventions

Fourg

I'm worried how many people answered the odd numbers for an equation where it is only possible to end up with an even numbered answer.

2+2*4=164 ☝️🤓