Hello My Name is Brenda. i am neither a student or a teacher, but a mother who's math skills are rusty.

my math question is as follows: 38-10+12divided by4multiplied by 16=?

Thank-you
Brenda

I think the expression you describe is

When evaluating mathematical expressions the convention is to perform divisions, then multiplications followed by additions and subtractions. Thus, since  ¹²/₄ = 3, evaluating your expression I get