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They have to do the order of operations in a very specific way and they're taught that if use things like the Commutative or Additive Properties...

I didn't want to say it in the OP, but the tinfoil hat wearer in me as wonders if this kind of math is done specifically to gatekeep the populace...

In your example it doesn't really matter which way you do it. 6 * 1.5 is slightly easier than 24 * 1.5, or at the very least no harder, so...