Properties of Operations and Order of Operations

What property is being shown in 77 + (8 + 3) = (8 + 3) + 77?

• Distributive

• Commutative

• Associative

• Identity

3 (x + 2) becomes 3x + 6, what property is being applied?

• Symmetric

• Commutative

• Distributive

• Associative

The _____________ property of addition states that any number plus zero equals the same number.

• Identity

• Commutative

• Associative

• Inverse

Any number multiplied by 1 is equal to the number itself. What property is being stated?

• Multiplicative Inverse

• Additive Identity

• Additive Inverse

• Multiplicative Identity

2 x 9 = 9 x 2, identify the property being used

• Distributive

• Commutative

• Associative

• Inverse

7 (8 x 9) = 9 (8 x 7) illustrates what property of multiplication?

• Commutative

• Associative

• Distributive

• Identity

Applying Distributive property, given 4 (x – 4) will be equal to

• 4x + 16

• 4 – (x – 4)

• 4x – 0

• 4x – 16

Which one shows an example of associative property of addition?

• 3 + 4 + 2 = 2 + 4 + 3

• (3 + 4) + 2 = 2 + (3 + 4)

• (3 + 4) + 2 = 3 + (4 + 2)

• 2 + (3 + 4) = (3 + 4) + 2

Which property states that the order does not matter in addition and multiplication?

• Identity

• Commutative

• Closure

• Inverse

“Writing on the blackboard and then erasing the writings on the blackboard, erasing the writings on the blackboard and then writing on the blackboard” represents what property?

• Closure

• Distributive

• Associative

• Commutative