You correctly solved this problem:

However, the problem you were given was different:

Do you see the difference? Remember: Mathematicians have arbitrarily set the 'proper' order of operations as: Multiplication or Division before Addition or Subtraction. Each level is completed from left-to-right.

Please copy this problem carefully on your paper. Before you begin work, think about what to do first.

40 - 6 * 3 + 2 =