
Sherry S. answered 03/14/19
Because no one should have to say, "I was never any good at math."
It means that the order in which you multiply does not matter as long as you only have multiplication.
Example:
4 x 33 x 25
It is much easier to multiply 4 x 25 because that makes 100. So you can do 4x25 x 33 to get 3300 This is much faster & something you may be able to do mentally.