What's the answer to this very basic maths problem?

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Right so I'm stumped here. I suspect it's a fault at my uni which is why I'm being told my answer is wrong, but as I'm now doubting myself, I turn to you guys to help me solve a problem that a 10 year old could probably do :p

7+16÷(-7-1)-16=


Go on, show me your workings!


(pls come up with the same as I did, I don't want to be told I can be outmathsed by a snotnose :p)
 
-11 is what I got too, but the site keeps telling me it's wrong but won't explain why (it's only a dummy test anyway).

I've just checked the module forum and this is apparently a known issue :confused:


Ah well, I'll leave this here so you guys can laugh at me, at least until my birtdoy comes :D
 
Glaucus said:
7+16÷(-7-1)-16=
7+16÷-8-16=
7-2-16 =
11

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This always used to confuse me as a kid. We had one teacher who taught us BEDMAS and then we had a different once teaching us BODMAS which are the same thing, the E just stands for exponents. Dumbass teachers.
 
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