For the operations you have in your sample it is just a matter of reading the items in order eg:
17 + 3 - 11 * 44 / 6
Read first three items (
operand1
operation
operand2
)
Do the calculation and save the answer as the new
operand1
.
Get the next two items (
operation
operand2
)
Do that calculation and save the answer as the new
operand1
.
Repeat until no more items.
Once you have implemented and understood that then you can think about using operator precedence, parentheses etc.