[quote][quote]I agree. Since OP set it up as 6÷2(1+2), I can't tell if he wanted 2(1+2) to be the denominator or not.[/quote] That is my original reply. It would seem the problem was -blam!-ed up by a middle schooler too.[/quote] Well what we're taught in school is that whatever to the the right of the division sign. Sorry if i sounded rude.