Mastering Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

Which property states that the order of addition or multiplication does not matter?

• Associative Property

• Identity Property

• Commutative Property

• Distributive Property

What is an example of the commutative property in multiplication?

• 3 + 7 = 7 + 3

• 3 * 7 = 7 * 3

• 3 + (7 + 2) = (3 + 7) + 2

• 3 * (7 + 2) = 3 * 7 + 3 * 2

Which property involves grouping numbers differently without changing the result?

• Commutative Property

• Zero Property

• Associative Property

• Distributive Property

What is an example of the associative property in addition?

• 8 + 0 = 8

• 8 * (9 + 7) = 8 * 9 + 8 * 7

• 8 + 9 = 9 + 8

• 8 + (9 + 7) = (8 + 9) + 7

Which property states that adding zero to a number does not change its value?

• Identity Property

• Zero Property

• Inverse Property

• Distributive Property

What is the multiplicative identity property?

• a + (-a) = 0

• a + 0 = a

• a * 0 = 0

• a * 1 = a

Which property states that any number multiplied by zero equals zero?

• Zero Property

• Identity Property

• Inverse Property

• Distributive Property

What is an example of the distributive property?

• a * (b + c) = ab + ac

• a + 0 = a

• a + b = b + a

• a * 1 = a

Which property is demonstrated by the equation 4 + (a + b) = (4 + a) + b?

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

• Distributive Property

• Zero Property

What is the additive inverse of 16?

• -16

• 16

• 0

• 1