Can You Solve This Tricky Viral Math Problem?

But negative one isn’t the only wrong answer. Other people got tricked by the “three divided by one third” part, largely because they were too crafty for their own good. They neglected to account for the fact that, if you turn the fraction one third into 1/3, the /, mathematically speaking, is actually a division symbol. The result is this:

This will get you nine. Again, no.