Properties of Equality

What is the inverse operation of addition?

• addition
• subtraction
• multiplication
• division

What is the inverse operation of subtraction?

• addition
• subtraction
• multiplication
• division

Identify the property you would use to solve this equation:
4x = 72

• Addition Property of Equality
• Subtraction Property of Equality
• Multiplication Property of Equality
• Division Property of Equality

Identify the property you would use to solve this equation:
y – 7 = 28

• Additive Property of Equality
• Subtraction Property of Equality
• Multiplicative Property of Equality
• Division Property of Equality

Name the first property you will use to solve this equation:
3(x – 7) = 42

• Multiplication Property of Equality
• Commutative property
• Associative Property
• Distributive Property

Name the property described:
If PQ = RS then RS = PQ

• Reflexive
• Symmetric
• Transitive
• Addition

If a = b, then a may be replaced by b in any expression.

• Transitive Property         
• Reflexive Property             
• Symmetric Property 
• Substitution Property

For any numbers a, b, and c, if a = b and b = c, then a = c.

• Transitive Property         
• Symmetric Property
• Reflexive Property
• Substitution Property

For any number a, a = a.

• Transitive Property         
                 
  
• Reflexive Property             
• Symmetric Property           
• Substitution Property

Which property is shown below?
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4(x+6) = 4x + 4(6)

• Reflexive
• Distributive
• Transitive
• Substitution