Half of Two Plus Two

What is half of 2 plus 2?

Hint: Order of operations.

Answer

3.

Halve first, then add: half of 2 is 1, and 1 + 2 = 3. If you read it as half of (2 + 2), you'd get 2. That's why order matters.

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