I've been working hard to complete the first task on my first programming courses
You simply enter your expression using Arabic or Roman numerals in the form:
Number Operator Number
For example:
Input: 3 + 5 Output: 8
Another example:
Input: X / II Output: V
Or even:
Input: IX * IX Output: LXXXI
If you're interested, I use Visual Studio Code with Java Extension pack on Fedora Linux and Java-17-openjdk