3-3×6+2 Multiplications are done before additions or subtractions, so do 3×6 and replace 3×6 by 18 and copy everything else over: 3-18+2 All that's left is a subtraction and an addition. Those are done left to right. The left-most is 3-18, so do 3-18 and replace 3-18 by -15 and copy over the rest: -15+2 Now there is just one thing to do, the addition of -15 and +2, which gives the final answer: -13 Edwin