Math Terms W3

Commutative Property: When you change the order of the factors the product _____________

• doubles
• stays the same
• changes
• multiplies

True or False: The associative property of multiplication says that you can group factors in any order and the product stays the same.

• True
• False

to find the total number of items in equal groups.

• array
• multiply
• product
• factor

the result of multiplication, the solution to a multiplication equation

• array
• multiply
• product
• factor

a number that is multiplied.

• array
• multiply
• product
• factor

Distributive Property: multiplying the sum of two addends by a number will give the same product as multiplying each addend individually by the number and then adding the products together. Which equation below shows this property?

• 12 x 8 = (10x8) + (2x8)

• 12 x 8 = 8 x 12

• 3 x 4 x 5 = 3 x 20

• 4 x 3 = 12