Not everybody enjoys doing math and some people will run from it as soon as they see it coming in their direction. If you take a moment to try a math problem, however, you might be surprised that you get it right.
This particular math problem looks very simple. Most people would feel as if they could get the answer correct, even if they hated math or felt that they weren’t good at doing math problems.
When you do this math problem, what is your answer? Don’t be too quick to rush through the question to come up with the solution, because most people are getting it wrong.
Actually, most people who are in middle school would be able to do this problem without even batting an eye. They would get the answer right because there is something that is fresh in their mind because of their schooling.
It’s the order of operations. If you don’t do the math problem in the proper way, you are going to come up with the wrong answer.
At this point, we are going to reveal the correct answer to you. Make sure that you have your answer in mind. If you got it right, you can start bragging now.
According to the order of operations, you would have to do multiplication before you did addition and subtraction. That would make the question the following:
3 + 9 – 3 + 3 = 12
Did you get the right answer?