Einar,

What does Dr Math say that

+2^2 is?

If he treats positive numbers one way and negative numbers another then he's not much of a Dr.

Why does Dr Math not believe that -2 stands for the second whole number to the left of zero on the number line?

>Maybe this will settle the "argument"
>Dr. Math says -4: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/53194.html
>
>As does Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations