16x6 cannot have the associative property. The associative property requires two [identical] operations, applied to 3 variables. There are not enough operations nor variables/numbers in the question.
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The answer is 16 x 25, because no matter how it is written the answer will be the same. This rule also applies for addition as well as multiplication.
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Suppose you were trying to multiply 17 x 5 x 2. The associative property states that (17 x 5) x 2 = 17 x (5 x 2) The second one is easier to do in your head.
It is the associative property, according to which, you do not need to specify which of the two multiplications has to be carried out first.
This is an example of the commutative property of multiplication