Properties of Operations

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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, (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).

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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 numbers being added does not change the sum. For example, a + b = b + a.

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What is the Additive Identity Property?

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The Additive Identity Property states that adding zero to any number does not change the number. For example, a + 0 = a.

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What is the Distributive Property?

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The Distributive Property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a number by a sum by distributing the multiplication.

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What is the Associative Property of Multiplication?

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The Associative Property of Multiplication states that the way in which numbers are grouped when multiplying does not change the product. For example, (a × b) × c = a × (b × c).

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What is the Commutative Property of Multiplication?

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The Commutative Property of Multiplication states that changing the order of the numbers being multiplied does not change the product. For example, a × b = b × a.

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What is the Identity Property of Multiplication?

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The Identity Property of Multiplication states that multiplying any number by one does not change the number. For example, a × 1 = a.

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What is the Multiplicative Property of Zero?

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The Multiplicative Property of Zero states that multiplying any number by zero results in zero. For example, a × 0 = 0.

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What operation is performed first in the expression (13 - 1) + 4?

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Subtraction is performed first.

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What is the Multiplicative Inverse Property?

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The Multiplicative Inverse Property states that a number multiplied by its reciprocal equals one. For example, a × (1/a) = 1.