So for number one you would start with parentheses (-2 x 4) and that would get you -8 and then you would forget about the parentheses and drop everything else down and now the problem would be -8 x 3 and remember anytime you have a number by parentheses it’s multiplication and that dot by the parentheses also stands for multiplication so -8 x 3 would get you -24. You could also look at it as positive 8 x 3 and that would get you 24 and then you could just add that negative sign to the 24
