Properties of Multiplication

Changing the ORDER of the factors does not change the product.

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

Changing the GROUPING of the factors does not change the product.

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

The product of 1 and a number is the same as that number

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

Multiplying a number by a sum is the same as multiplying the number by each addend of the sum and adding the products

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

The product of 0 and a number is 0

• Commutative Property

• Zero Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

Name the property:

3 x 6 = 18

6 x 3 = 18

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Zero Property

Name the property:

(7 x 2) x 3 = 7 x (2 x 3)

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Zero Property

Name the property:

1 x 9 = 9

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Zero Property

Name the property:

0 x 5 = 0

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Zero Property

Name the property:

4 x (2 + 6) = (4 x 2) + (4 x 6)

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Distributive Property

• Zero Property