Commutative Property of Addition

What does the commutative property mean in simple words?

• • You can switch the order of numbers when adding and get the same answer

• • You can only add numbers in order from smallest to biggest

• • You have to add numbers from left to right

• • Numbers must stay in the same order when adding

Sara has 6 stickers and 4 cards. Using the commutative property, she says this is correct 6+4 = 4+6.

• False

• True

When using the commutative property in addition, the answer

Billy has 3 blue marbles and 5 red marbles. Using the commutative property, how else can he count his marbles?

• • Count only the blue marbles

• • Subtract the blue marbles from the red marbles

• • Count the 5 red marbles first, then the 3 blue marbles

If 2+8=10, then 8+2=10 is also correct.

• True

• False

Which statement shows the commutative property of addition?

• • 5−2=3

• • 2+3=3+2

• • 4+0=4

Write a math sentence that is NOT an example of the commutative property.

Select the addition sentence with the same addends in a different order.

• 2 + 8 = 10

• 5 + 5 = 10

• 6 + 4 = 10

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Emma has 4 cookies and gets 3 more. Tom has 3 cookies and gets 4 more. What can you say about their cookies?

• • Emma and Tom have different amounts

• • Emma has more cookies

• • Tom has more cookies

• Emma and Tom have the same amount

2+7 = 7+2, what property is this?

• Associative Property

• Commutative Property

• Distributive Property