A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of algebra and spot-the-difference skills with a pictograph math problem that assigns numbers to different fruits. Gergely Dudás, of Hungary ...

Then, according to elementary PEMDAS, the division and multiplication have equal priority, so we work from left to right and obtain 8÷2×4 = 4×4 and arrive at an answer of 16.

A simple arithmetic problem has left internet users scratching their heads - with only a few landing on the correct solution to this elementary school-level equation.

If you want to know for sure, try your hand at this basic math problem. It's harder than it looks — even if you think you have a solid grasp of good old PEMDAS. The problem originally went… ...

One high school teacher says people who get the answer "1" are misreading the PEMDAS equation. If you do the calculation on Google, the answer comes out to be 16.