{"id":18515,"date":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-math-problem-google-can-t-solve-can-you\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"the-math-problem-google-can-t-solve-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/the-math-problem-google-can-t-solve-can-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The math problem Google can\u2019t solve \u2013 can you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A math problem circulating online during the week because the number of people who can solve it has dropped is also fooling Google.<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=07Abat5iBbw\" target=\"_blank\">MindYourDecisions<\/a>, most people (and the Google Calculator) who get the problem wrong, come up with the incorrect answer due to a simple input error.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the problem:<\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; 3 \u00f7 1\/3 + 1 = ?<\/p>\n<p>Can you solve it?<\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s how to find the correct answer:<\/h3>\n<h3>And here&#8217;s Google&#8217;s answer:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The math problem Google can\u2019t solve \u2013 can you? | FIVEAA\" title=\"The math problem Google can\u2019t solve \u2013 can you? | FIVEAA\" height=\"516\" width=\"559\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google_calculator_wrong.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Answer according to Google calculator | Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2015\/12\/05\/does-this-math-problem-prove-that-japans-20-somethings-are-getting-dumber\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rocket News<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>The problem went viral in Japan because 60 per cent of Japanese people in their twenties could solve, compared with 90 per cent in the 1980s, reports MindYourDecisions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/patrick-dangerfield-says-he-wanted-to-admit-he-was-leaving-adelaide\">DANGERFIELD MAKES A BIG CONFESSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/kate-ellis-calls-for-end-to-widespread-use-of-election-posters\">KATE ELLIS CALLS FOR END TO \u201cMASSIVE NUISANCE\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A math problem circulating online during the week because the number of people who can solve it has dropped is also fooling Google. According to MindYourDecisions, most people (and the Google Calculator) who get the problem wrong, come up with the incorrect answer due to a simple input error. Here\u2019s the problem: 9 &#8211; 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-18515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The math problem Google can\u2019t solve \u2013 can you? - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/the-math-problem-google-can-t-solve-can-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The math problem Google can\u2019t solve \u2013 can you?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A math problem circulating online during the week because the number of people who can solve it has dropped is also fooling Google. 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