A few rare formulas will evaluate correctly with and without operator preference.
That’s why I like to use 6 + 2 * 3
as you can clearly recognise good evaluation from bad.
With correct evaluation you get:
6 + 2 * 3 => 6 + 6 => 12
With sequential evaluation you get:
6 + 2 * 3 => 8 * 3 => 24
One of those answers is correct, and the other is not. Using the correct evaluation order matters.