The Viral Math Trap That’s Breaking the Internet

method, you must multiply those touching numbers before you do any regular division or multiplication in the rest of the problem.

If you solve the problem using that older mindset, the steps change:

You still add the numbers inside the parentheses first: (2 + 2) equals 4.
Next, because the 2 is glued to the front of the parentheses, you multiply them continue reading …