You can't say a math problem is "of doom" when you don't even break out of standard algebra. At least throw in some limits, maybe a sum.
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Pemdas parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, addition, subtraction
12-36*8+1000*4=????
12-288+4000=????
12-4288=????
4276.
Not even a challenge ... The rest of you were just txting in math class while I was in the front row.