Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan., 1985), pp. 3-17 (15 pages) Arithmetical operations were assumed to remain attached to primitive behavioral models that influence ...

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This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?