6+6^2÷9-5 Put parentheses around 9-5 making it (9-5) 6+6^2÷(9-5) Follow the "PE(MD)(AS)" order of operations: Do the parentheses (9-5) = 4 first and replace (9-5) by 4: 6+6^2÷4 Do the exponent 6^2 = 36 second and replace 6^2 by 36: 6+36÷4 Do the division 36÷4 = 9 third and replace 36÷4 by 9: 6+9 Do the addition 6+9 = 15 fourth (last) and replace the 6+9 by 15: 15 That's it. Edwin