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I'm at the Men's Shed. Yes, that is one solution. Another is, take the top right match from the 9 and put it across the middle of the 0 to give you 3 + 5 = 8

As for the Catchphrase, if you watch the video, you will see this: The catchphrase is "Old hand", as in "He's an old hand at shearing sheep." Here's another kind of problem. Move one match to make a correct equation.

If you don't hit = it assumes that you are squaring the last number entered, number 12, result 144. To get the required result, you have to enter - 2 , X , -2, then you get - 4.

He's now claiming that a ceasefire in Gaza, announced by Joe Biden, has only been reached because he won the election in November.

I honestly cannot remember being taught PEDMAS at school, and I passed Leaving Certificate Maths 1 in 1960. I really never heard of it till I started doing these maths questions on Facebook. Never had to rely on it in 29 years in the bank.

If you use the calculator on your iPhone (I can't speak for an Android), turn the phone to landscape mode and you get more functions. Enter 10 - 12 and you get -2. Press the X² button and you get 4, not -4. No parentheses assumed.

That's what I got. Unfortunately these examples don't come with a correct answer, just dozens of comments on what people think they are, and there arre many different answers. I guess you have to accept the most common answer, One of the things some people have difficulty with is -2². Some say 4, others say -4.

For those not interested in the maths question any idea on the hands catchphrase?

OK, try these.

I've had a less than satisfyng experience with Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme, or at least the arrangements for returning empty bottles to claim the deposit refund. There are recycling machines located in shopping centre carparks, but you need to have an app on your phone, open an account and the refunds would be credited to your bank account. That's a lot of trouble for a couple of dollars, two or three times a year. We don't use that many bottles or cans you can recycle under this scheme. We used to use more but when my son got a Sodastream machine, they started producing their own soft drinks. Before the machines werre installed a recycling depot was set up in a building in Nunawading where you could take your bottles and get the refund in cash. I had been there a couple of times before the Sodastream. Fast forward to just after Christmas. We had about 25 bottles looking untidy around the place, so I took the up to the centre during the week after Christmas. There was a sign saying "Sorry, no cash today, app only", so I took them home again, and left the two shopping bags with bottles in the boot. I went up again after new year, and the queue was around the wall and out the door. Back home again. Then I went up again yesterday and there were only 4 or 5 customers waiting. I went inside and the same "No cash" sign was stuck on the wall. I stuck my head through the serving window, and asked "When will you have cash?" The girl said, "Only on Wednesdays." I went back again today, and the queue was all around the wall again. I decided to wait -- about half an hour! A guy at the servery window was loding bags throuh the window (see photo). He had already put 2 or 3 through, and still had nine on the floor to put through. In addition, another customer in the queue had 5 large black garbage bags full, another man had a trolley with six large cartons of bottles and cans and a woman had two trolleys with bags and boxes. They must have been collecting from places like the MCG, or running a bar or restaurant. They all appeared to be using the app and getting their refund in their account. I finally put through my 25 bottles, collected my $2.50 and left. The queue behind me was even longer. I reckon I probably spent the $2.50 on petrol going back and forth. Why they let those with commercial quantities go there on the only day they pay cash refunds beats me. This bag is stuffed with the dozen or so empty bags he had put through the window.

Then why are there so many wrong answers (processed left to right) in the replies to these questions?

OK, you got me, I didn't proofread, but when I clarified the question, (This makes the question 7 - 0 + 7, ), I replaced the 7X0 with 0.

Here we go again. You complain if anyone questions your posts, but you keep doing it. Show where I said they were right. I raised it as a situation which many may not be aware of. If you rely on the calculator app on your phone, you may get results that disagree with what we would expect. I think that's worth raising. Who else agrees with me? Education without accusation.

Who said it was? We do trade with America and purchase goods from America. With such differences in processing a basic such as mathematics how can we agree and standardise on anything?

Not according to the Yanks.

That's correct, but it depend where the X 0 occurs. It applies to the value before the X, not the whole sum. Here's another example. Left to right, it's 9 - 2 = 7 X 4 = 28. Using PEMDAS, 2 X 4 = 8, 9 - 8 = 1

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This is the conundrum. Processing left to right, 7-7 = 0, 0x0 = 0, 0 + 7 = 7. However, Americans, and I guess some others are taught that the order of processing is PEMDAS. The order is PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division (from left to right), Addition, and Subtraction (from left to right). So, doing multiplication first, 7 x 0 is 7. This makes the question 7 - 0 + 7, resulting in 14. So a simple sum here results in 7, but in America it is 14. How does that work? incidentally, putting this sum into the calculator on your iPhone gives the answer 14.

Looks like Trump may have uncorked the bottle, and might have trouble getting it back in. A Russian General has stated that Russia should take Greenland for it's security protection. Meanwhile:- https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/puerto-rico-calls-on-trump-to-respond-after-venezuelan-president-maduro-threatens-to-invade/ar-AA1xcYJp?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=f535c7b3239b47a3940258f8ae3b0b57&ei=44

Correct Nev.

The phrase is - The (k)night is young. A different tack. There is much confusion over something that should be unquestioned, mathematics. Answer this problem: -9 ÷ 3 - 3 - 3 x 0

I'm building a model of Mt Everest. Is it to scale? No, just to look at.

Yes Nev it was a typo. I have corrected it. Should be External.

Trump announces External Revenue Service expected to rake in billions. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/trump-announces-powerful-new-department-that-will-rake-in-billions/ar-BB1rsgEK?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=5f66919dfa4f41f2b44cb30326b5481a&ei=9

North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine had been told they were going on a training exercise. Did not realise they were fighting in Ukraine. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/everything-we-know-about-north-korean-soldiers-captured-by-ukraine/ar-BB1rqYfq?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=f56af6a8885946918134c38512fdeb14&ei=33