• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    What? A number next to parenthesis always means multiplication. Are people really not taught this anymore?

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      24 hours ago

      I live in Australia and don’t recall my school at all teaching me this in maths class

      They taught us stuff like radius and area of a circle but not this

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      Also counterpoint, people exist that live in other countries and every countries education system is different

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        7 hours ago

        I thought math was relatively universal. The US education system may be different, but I’m certain we’re not the only place that does it that way.