This is the latest riddle/brain teaser to be making its way around the internet. Take a look for yourself and see if you can get the answer. Just remember you can't solve this simply by running left-to-right - you've got to use the order of operations known as PEMDAS (parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction). Make your old middle school math teacher proud!
Take a look and see if you can get it.
People are going nuts because they can't figure out the answer.
Then again, maybe it's too easy. We can feel your self-doubt.
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 11 + 1 + 1 = 17
On the second line, we have 1 + 11 + 1 x 0 + 1. Well 1 + 11 + 1 = 13. Then we multiply that by 0 to equal 0, leaving us with 0 + 1, right?
Remember the PEMDAS rule?
Let's refresh our memory.
When looking at a math problem, you must first solve any equation in parenthesis, followed by exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction, hence the acronym PEMDAS.
Our teachers used to say we would remember it easier if we thought of the acronym as Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.
If you begin by multiplying 1 and 0, which results in 0, you can then add the rest of the digits up to equal 30.
Now you can reward yourself with a hard-earned nap.
