3. Students are taking three busses to go on a field trip. On the first bus there were 14 students, on the second, 18 students, and on the third bus there were 12 students. The total number of students would then be: 14+18+12 To calculate the total students, their chaperone, Ms. Flores decides to add 18 and 12 to get 30 and then adds 14 to get 44. What property is Ms. Flores using to add these numbers in this order?