Question

Explain the order in which you should compute the operations in the expression below.

[(33 / 3) + 1] - 2^2

Answer 1

1. You would divide the 33/3 first to get 11

2. Then you would add 1 to that answer to get 12

3. Then you would subtract 2^2 from that to get 8

Your answer would be 8.