{"id":313,"date":"2026-04-19T01:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:16:06","slug":"92-of-people-get-this-simple-math-wrong-can-you-solve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"92% of People Get This Simple Math Wrong \u2014 Can You Solve It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At first glance, this looks like a basic math problem. Something you might expect a child to solve in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But surprisingly, most people get it wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 + 10 \u00d7 0 + 10 = ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well\u2026 not exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This puzzle has been circulating online and confusing thousands of people. Many rush to answer quickly and fall into the same trap \u2014 ignoring one important rule of mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before scrolling down, try solving it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 What\u2019s your answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Do So Many People Get It Wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mistake happens when people calculate from left to right without respecting the correct order of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In math, there\u2019s a rule called:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Order of Operations (PEMDAS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parentheses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exponents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiplication &amp; Division (left to right)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Addition &amp; Subtraction (left to right)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people forget that multiplication comes before addition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step-by-Step Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s solve it correctly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 + 10 \u00d7 0 + 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1: Do multiplication first<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 10 \u00d7 0 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the equation becomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 10 + 0 + 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2: Add from left to right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 10 + 0 = 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 10 + 10 = 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2705&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Answer: 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>At first glance, this looks like a basic math problem. Something you might expect a child to solve in seconds. But surprisingly, most people get <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=313\" title=\"92% of People Get This Simple Math Wrong \u2014 Can You Solve It?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}