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What is the Commutative Property of Addition?

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The Commutative Property of Addition states that changing the order of the addends does not change the sum. For example, 3 + 5 = 5 + 3.

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What is the Associative Property of Addition?

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The Associative Property of Addition states that the way in which numbers are grouped when adding does not change the sum. For example, (2 + 3) + 4 = 2 + (3 + 4).

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What is the Identity Property of Addition?

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The Identity Property of Addition states that adding zero to any number does not change the value of that number. For example, 7 + 0 = 7.

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What is the Inverse Property of Addition?

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The Inverse Property of Addition states that for every number, there is an additive inverse (negative) such that the sum is zero. For example, 5 + (-5) = 0.

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What is the Zero Property of Addition?

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The Zero Property of Addition states that adding zero to a number results in the same number. For example, 8 + 0 = 8.

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What is the Closure Property of Addition?

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The Closure Property of Addition states that the sum of any two real numbers is also a real number. For example, 2 + 3 = 5, which is a real number.

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What is the Symmetric Property of Equality?

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The Symmetric Property of Equality states that if one quantity equals another, then the second quantity equals the first. For example, if a = b, then b = a.

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What is the Transitive Property of Equality?

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The Transitive Property of Equality states that if one quantity equals a second quantity, and the second quantity equals a third quantity, then the first quantity equals the third. For example, if a = b and b = c, then a = c.

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What is an example of the Commutative Property of Addition?

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An example is: 4 + 6 = 6 + 4.

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What is an example of the Associative Property of Addition?

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An example is: (1 + 2) + 3 = 1 + (2 + 3).