For the problem 8÷2(2+2) I have found two approaches to solve the problem.
1st one is: $\frac{8}{2(2+2)}$
This looks like a direct approach ad we got 1 as answer.
2nd one is using BODMAS:
8/2(2+2) 8/2(4) - Brackets 8/2 * 4 i.e 4*4 - There are no brackets for 2 and 4. Therefore , using BODMAS. Divison will have a higher precedence. Answer comes to be 16.
Therefore , I am getting 2 answers and am not sure which one is the correct one.
If we were very picky, then we could claim that division does not really exists. What we commonly call division is multiplication with an inverse element. As soon as we use a linear notation such as $\div$ or $/$ and there is more than one letter after it - in your example from the alphabet of digits and arithmetic signs - it is no longer obvious which of them should be inversed. Furthermore, "division" is no associative notation, i.e. order matters. This means that "division" requires parentheses in all linear notations.