Simplify: 24 ÷ 4 × 2 + 8 - 4 = ?

The correct answer is Option (3) → 16

By the BODMAS rule, division and multiplication are done before addition and subtraction, and division and multiplication are worked from left to right in the order they appear.

• Division first, from the left: \(24\div4=6\)

• Then the multiplication: \(6\times2=12\)

• Then addition and subtraction: \(12+8-4=16\)

Doing the multiplication first, \(24\div(4\times2)=3\), gives \(3+8-4=7\), which is Option (2); that breaks the left-to-right order.