{"id":12491,"date":"2024-07-22T22:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=12491"},"modified":"2024-07-22T22:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:35:23","slug":"adults-high-school-level-math-capabilities-are-tested-by-a-difficult-equation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=12491","title":{"rendered":"Adults\u2019 High School-Level Math Capabilities Are Tested by a Difficult Equation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday Math: Practical Uses and a Fun Challenge<br \/>\nEveryday math proves useful when calculating tip percentages or determining sale discounts. While you might not use trigonometry or algebra daily, basic arithmetic plays a crucial role outside the classroom. Exercise your math skills to stay sharp. Give it a try below!<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Work<br \/>\nNot so fast! Make sure you\u2019ve made the right choices in getting to your solution. Scroll down if you want a hint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2427-300x157.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2427-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2427.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nReady for a Hint?<br \/>\nRemember the PEMDAS order of operations.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the answer is: 3 or 12?<\/p>\n<p>Using the PEMDAS rule, start with the parentheses: 8 \u00f7 4 equals 2.<\/p>\n<p>Next, shift to the left equation: 24 \u00f7 4 equals 6.<\/p>\n<p>Then, multiply: 6 x 2 equals 12. That\u2019s your answer!<\/p>\n<p>Did you get it right on the first try? Share this equation with your friends and see if they can solve it too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday Math: Practical Uses and a Fun Challenge Everyday math proves useful when calculating tip percentages or determining sale discounts. While you might not use trigonometry or&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12493,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12491\/revisions\/12493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}