... has NOTHING to do with me getting 5 as an answer. Even my pea sized math brain knows that BRACKETS are very important in any math equation. From what little i know of math, one could come to at least two different answers going by your instructions.

I call it ambiguous. I am sure many other people would too. This equation is somewhat similar to painting a white background with different shades of white...

Did i make sense? neither did that equation.

:P