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[–] SereneSadie@quokk.au -1 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Gonna keep shouting until it sticks;

Put a goddamn function sign for the parenthesis. Don't assume everyone just knows what to do with the parenthesis alone. Fml it bugs me every time this meme gets posted.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

What? A number next to parenthesis always means multiplication. Are people really not taught this anymore?

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I live in Australia and don't recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

They taught us stuff like radius and area of a circle but not this

Edit:

Also counterpoint, people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought math was relatively universal. The US education system may be different, but I'm certain we're not the only place that does it that way.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago

I thought math was relatively universal

It is

The US education system may be different

They have the same rules, but they don't require Maths teachers to have a Maths qualification (in Australia you have to have a Masters), and they have been sliding in world rankings for more than a decade.

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