Exploring Properties of Real Numbers

What does the commutative property of addition state?

• a * b = b - a

• a * b = a / b

• a + b = b + a

• a + b = a - b

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.B.3

Which of the following is an example of the commutative property of multiplication?

• 7 - 3 = 3 - 7

• 5 / 2 = 2 / 5

• 9 * 8 = 8 * 9

• 3 + 4 = 4 + 3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.B.5

What does the associative property of addition allow you to do?

• Add zero to any number

• Multiply by one

• Group numbers differently

• Change the order of numbers

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.B.3

In the expression (a + b) + c = a + (b + c), which property is being used?

• Commutative Property

• Identity Property

• Distributive Property

• Associative Property

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.B.3

What is the identity property of addition?

• a * 0 = 0

• a + 0 = a

• a + a = 2a

• a * 1 = a

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.B.3

Which property states that a * 1 = a?

• Associative Property

• Commutative Property

• Inverse Property

• Identity Property

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.B.5

What is the result when you add additive inverses together?

• The same number

• Zero

• Negative one

• One

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

If you multiply reciprocals together, what do you get?

• Negative one

• One

• Zero

• The same number

What does the distributive property help to remove?

• Exponents

• Decimals

• Fractions

• Parentheses

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1D

In the expression a(b + c) = ab + ac, which property is being applied?

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Distributive Property

• Identity Property

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.3