The math equation '8 ÷ 2(2 + 2)' has gone viral because people get two different answers. Mathletes assemble. A new maths sum has gone viral. Everyone is fighting over the answer to '8 ÷ 2(2 + 2)'.

The answer could be 1 or it could be 16, or it could be both. There are two problems, according to the computer science professor: the order and the obelus. An obelus is this: ÷ and it has a variety ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...