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No.
8 / 2 (4) 8/(2x4) 8/8 1
That's (2x4). Doing division before brackets goes against the order of operations rules.
I didn't say they weren't. I said...
You did 8/2x4, which is the same as (8/2)(2+2), which isn't the same as 8/2(2+2)=8/2(4)=8/(2x4).
No, as I already pointed out, it's the same as (2x4). You can't remove brackets unless there is only 1 term left inside. 2x4 is 2 terms, so can't remove brackets yet.
Also Google...
Well, they demonstrably are all wrong, as per the rules of Maths.
BWAHAHAHA! 😂 Google gets it wrong too. Try looking in a Maths textbook instead (I have plenty of them since I'm a Maths teacher).
I'm not British. So you're saying Maths doesn't work the way that Maths textbooks teach it - do go on...
No, you're saying every Maths textbook is wrong. You think I only have one? 😂
Show me a math textbook that says implicit multiplication takes place before multiplication and division. The one you have shown does not say that.
Show me a Maths textbook that says "implicit multiplication"! There's no such thing as implicit multiplication, just The Distributive Law and Terms.
So you're telling me you didn't see them do brackets first? 😂