I went to a St. Louis Blues game with a friend recently and the team scored 4 or more goals, so everyone with a ticket stub got a free McDonald's Big Mac the next day!
When I got my Big Mac back to the math office for lunch, I opened the carton to discover that on top of my sandwich was two consecutive pieces of bread. It looked a lot like this:
Besides relevance in assembling nearly anything, many creative processes, and computer programming, order of operations is even important in our branded food products. Who wants that much bread? :)
I showed it to my friend who had stayed behind and his reply was inspiring.
When I got my Big Mac back to the math office for lunch, I opened the carton to discover that on top of my sandwich was two consecutive pieces of bread. It looked a lot like this:
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| source: smosh.com |
I showed it to my friend who had stayed behind and his reply was inspiring.
"Big Macs are NOT commutative."This image will be posted in my classroom as a playful reminder to always be considerate of those operation rules.
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Thanks for sharing!