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8 / 2(2 + 2)
Using BEDMAS order (brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)
8 / 2(4)
8 / 8
1
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im guessing u must be from a different country we call it PEMDAS where i am
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It’s 16 and a horribly written mathematical expression
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It has 2 answers, 1 and 16. Math can have multiple correct answers!
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It is definitely 1. I agree with @naturallycured
The 2 outside the brackets is a multiplier. So you do the brackets first (to get 8/2(4)).
To get 16 you would have to write:
8(2+2)/2
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Yeah my instinct is to say 1 with how it’s written. But its ambiguous
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I just searched this up on google, theres so many videos and articles about this !
8 ÷ 2 (2 + 2)
Division:
4(2 + 2)
Multiplication:
8 + 8
Addition:
16
Zero my hero……………….the great Dr zen
So I checked BODMAS online, and 8/2(2+2) is the equivalent of writing 8 / 2 x (2 + 2). Division and multiplication rank equally, but you go from left to right.
8/2(2+2)
=8/2x4
=4x4
=16
I would have got that wrong on a test. I learned something new, thanks @firemonkey.
2/8 = 1/4
2+2 = 4 0r1/4
4/4 = 0
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It’s somewhat ambiguous unless you insert additional parentheses to clarify the order of the operations. 
8 ÷ (2 x (2+2)) = 8 ÷ (2 x 4) = 8 ÷ 8 = 1
(8 ÷ 2) x (2+2) = 4 x 4 = 16
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P stands for parenthesis and B stands for brackets. I had two teachers that one did B and one did P. We are trapped between following USA and England. Lol us confused Canadians.
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16 pojopjzdpofjdsojfsd
In common core, it’s whatever you feel you think it is
ba dum tss
TLDR: It is written ambiguously it should have been written as one of these two:
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