What is the answer to this equation

[TravellingSpoon]

Oh clever Mumsnet maths bods, please help those less fortunate than yourselves and help me answer this equation

12 + 4 x (16-12) - 8 / 2.

I am trying to brush up my maths skills as I have a university interview in a couple of weeks which includes a maths test. I did a practice and this was one of the questions. I put an answer (too scared to say what it was) but have no idea if it was right.

I was taught it at school and I'm 46. Think we used BOMDAS.
12+4×(16-12)-8/2
Brackets first
12+4×4-8/2
Muliply/divide next
12+16-4
Add/subtract
28-4
= 24

24

But not the kind of maths people normally have to do though

It's 24.

I am 50 and learnt BODMAS at school.

My children are American and are being taught it as PEMDAS - parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

24

24