Originally Posted by Bob Maxey

LOL . . . the debate continues.

Actually, I once used a similar problem in HP ICT Training. In my case, it was this one: 1 + 2 x 3 = ?

Some said 9, some said 7. Oddly, when I expressed it the following way, time to solve was longer: 1.0 + 2.00 x 3.000 = ___

The answer to your question is 8.96. Also, make the responders prove their answer.

Since I am a world champion thread hijacker, I'll ask the gathered group to give the next number in this series and explain their guess.

1,1,1,2,1 _____

Bob

PEMDAS!

Nuff Said

If you are bored, try these math problems.

Unsolved Problems -- from Wolfram MathWorld

Bob