Wrong answer of the Windows Calculator

Scientific calculator option gives the answer of rigth for example, 2 + 3 * 4, it gives = 14, which of course is 2 + 12 = 14.   BUT the Standard Calculator option gives the WRONG answer = 20 WHY?   There is no media so tell arithmetic rules don't multiply it all first, then add.  It's so bad that children at the school and everyone will be getting wrong answers and affect their learning?  This is false in all versions of Windows why?

Hello

To add to the excellent info from Linney:

The scientific calculator uses the hierarchy of mathematical operations and the Standard Calculator
covers the features 1 both in the order entered.

Hierarchy of mathematical operations
http://www.tpub.com/content/DOE/h1014v1/CSS/h1014v1_36.htm

http://www.tpub.com/content/DOE/h1014v1/CSS/h1014v1_37.htm

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I hope this helps.

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