This handwritten math equation has been causing a fun debate on social media! It looks exactly like a problem you would have easily solved in grade school, but it is testing a surprising number of adults today.
The image asks you to solve: 7 + 7 ÷ 1 – 3.
To get the right answer, you have to remember the golden rule of math: the order of operations. This rule states that multiplication and division must always be completed before addition and subtraction.
So, your very first step is to tackle the division section right in the middle. 7 ÷ 1 simply gives you 7.
When you put that 7 back into the problem, the equation becomes incredibly easy: 7 + 7 – 3.
Now you can just add and subtract the remaining numbers from left to right. 7 plus 7 gives you 14, and subtracting the final 3 brings you directly to your solution. Interestingly enough with this specific problem, even if you accidentally calculated it straight from left to right, you would stumble into the correct answer!
Answer: 11.
