Many people answer 24, but the exclamation mark has a special meaning in mathematics: factorial. Since \(4! = 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 = 24\), the equation becomes \(12 + 48 \div 24\).
Following the order of operations, \(48 \div 24 = 2\), then \(12 + 2 = 14\).
The correct answer is 14! Did you get it right on your first try?
