MHB Is 7 the Answer to This Simple Riddle?

[Yankel]

I say 7, could I be wrong ?

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[topsquark]

Yes, it is 7.

-Dan

 

[Deveno]

Most people will try to solve it "as they read": left-to-right:

6 - 1 = 5

5 x 0 = 0

0 + 2 = 2

2 $\div$ 2 = 1

This is incorrect.

The "proper" (if somewhat ambiguous, given the context) grouping is:

6-(1$\times$0)+(2$\div$2)

 

[Monoxdifly]

Yes, it is 7. And people on Facebook keep using this kind of "riddle" to gain likes and shares to increase their accounts' web traffic. It is a bit better rather than showing some suffering people in third world countries, though.