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Originally Posted by fred cook
Order of operation should be multiplication, division, addition and then subtraction.
56-24/3+12 divide 24 by3 equals 8. Add 8 + 12 to get 20. Subtract 20 from 56 leaves 36!
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But you're not adding 8+12 to get twenty. You're adding -8 + 12 to get 4.