You must have learn BODMAS rule in alegbra,
ie.
Order of operations
Brackets
Orders(ie Powers and roots)
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
Operator Precedence specifies how
tightly it binds two expressions together.
Example :
2 + 2 * 3 = 8, it is not 12 because multiplication (*) operator has a higher precedence than the addition (+) operator.
(2 + 2) * 3 = 12 , because now Brackets (Parentheses) are given more importance.