I was just doing a simple maths operation:
$s = 158 + 46 \times -1: \Rightarrow s = 112$
and
$s = (158 + 46) \times -1:\Rightarrow s = -204$
In the latter case $158 + 48$ gets calculated first and then multiplied by $-1$, but in the former case I.E.
$s = 158 + 46 \times -1:\Rightarrow s = 112$
Why the result $112$ ?
158 + 46 * -1 is interpreted as 158 + (46 * (-1)) since multiplication precedes addition and the minus sign precedes multiplication and addition. See Order of operations.