Can't do the first one until the missing close parenthesis shows up. In that one, operational order actually matters.

23.76 (though there's a stray extra close parenthesis, it's a straight multiplication problem so it doesn't matter. I think they're trying to trick you into cancelling out the .12 with the 12, so they can find out if you can tell the difference between decimals and fractions.)

I'm with you on the word question: "dinosaur" is too broad a category to be meaningful for this comparison, at least in any sense I can think of. There were some amphibious dinosaurs, late in their development, so it could be that they're looking for "fox" as the closest mammal.... but I really don't know.

Good luck with the job stuff, as always! vibe, vibe, vibe...

And yet, as nearly as I could remember, those are exactly how those problems showed up on-screen. Very frustrating.

If you're going to send vibes :) then send them next Tuesday. I'm much more interested in that job than in today's interview. (Today's pays better, but next week's job sounds more interesting.)

Well, if it's
4(-2)2+8(-2)(2(-2)+6)

Then it's -48

If it's

4(-2)2+8(-2)(2(-2))+6

Then it's 54.

I think, so, anyway: I never could remember the order of operators all that well.

I'll put in a vibe order for Tuesday, sure!