• The issue normally with these “trick” questions

    There’s no “trick” - it’s a straight-out test of Maths knowledge.

    the ambiguous nature of that division sign

    Nothing ambiguous about it. The Term of the left divided by the Term on the right.

    A common mistake is to think division is prioritised above multiplication

    It’s not a mistake. You can do them in any order you want.

    when it actually has the same priority

    Which means you can do them in any order