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-1 ....

0....

2-2 is nothing, times 2 is still nothing, which leaves 1.

Tom

-3 watch your order of operations

We suck. It look's like Arvid was the only one not sleeping in math class. :)

Tom

My answer to the question would have to be 'no', but I've had 38 years to make up for it. And I think Arvid has it.

Zero - you cannot multiply by zero and get anything but zero.

The order of operations is:

BODMAS

(Brackets, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction )

And I was taught that when I was 10 or 11 if not before !

As there are no brackets changing the order, the answer can only be -1

You have the D and M switched from what I learned. We learned the last 4 stood for "My Dumb Ass Sister". Either way, M & D carry the same weight, as do A & S, so both ways are correct.

I came up with the same thing as Greg until I was reminded that subtraction is actually addition of negative numbers. Here's how Quora explains it:

2-2*2+1

Separate each number with corresponding sign

(2)+(-2)*(2)+(1)

then

(2)+(-2*2)+(1)

=>(2)+(-4)+(1)

=>(2)+(-4+1)

=>2+(-3)

=>2–3

=>-1

Even tho -3 makes more sense!