Math is like an alphabet. Orders of Operations are as languages sharing this Alphabet. Multiplying befor you Divided will be drastically different than Dividing before you Multiply. As humans we divide before we multiply. I'd figure its necessary to grow from a single cell.
1+1 = 2 =1+1 =2 (unobserved)=1+1 = 2 (observed) = X
Solve for X
X marks the spot. What spot you ask? Its just a point. Maybe not The Point but a point, and if we want to connect the dots he have to start someplace. So lets start at X.