properties

Question 1

order doesn’t matter when adding or multiplying values

Answer 1

commutative property

Question 2

grouping of values doesn’t matter when adding or multiplying

Answer 2

associative property

Question 3

when adding 0 number stays the same

Answer 3

additive identity

Question 4

when multiplying by 1 the number stays the same

Answer 4

multiplicative identity

Question 5

0 is additive
1 is multiplicative

Answer 5

identity property

Question 6

“cancel” a value with its opposite
-a is the additive inverse of a
1/a is the multiplicative inverse of a

Answer 6

inverse property

Question 7

multiplying any value by 0 will always equal 0

Answer 7

property of 0

Question 8

multiply a value to all terms of an expression inside of
( )

Answer 8

distributive property

Question 9

a value always equals itself

Answer 9

reflexive property

Question 10

expressions on different sides of an equation can be flipped around

Answer 10

symmetric property

Question 11

if one value is equal to two other values, then the two other values must be equal as well

Answer 11

transitive property

Question 12

commutative property

Answer 12

order doesn’t matter when adding or multiplying

Question 13

associative property

Answer 13

grouping doesn’t matter when adding or multiplying (parenthesis move)

Question 14

identity property

Answer 14

0 is additive, 1 is multiplicative

Question 15

inverse property

Answer 15

“cancel” a value with its opposite (-a is additive inverse of a, 1/a is multiplicative of a)

Question 16

property of 0

Answer 16

multiplying anything by 0 will always equal 0

Question 17

distributive property

Answer 17

multiply a value to all terms of an expression inside of
( )

Question 18

reflexive property

Answer 18

a value always equals itself

Question 19

symmetric property

Answer 19

expressions on different sides of an equation can be flipped

Question 20

transitive property

Answer 20

if one value is equal to two other values, then the two other values must be equal as well

Question 21

a+b=b+a
axb=bxa

Answer 21

commutative property

Question 22

(a+b)+c = a+(b+c)

Answer 22

associative property

Question 23

a+0=a
ax1=a

Answer 23

identity property

Question 24

a+(-a) = 0
a x 1/a = 0

Answer 24

inverse property

Question 25

a x 0 = 0

Answer 25

property of 0

Question 26

a(b+c) - distribute
a x b + a x c

Answer 26

distributive property

Question 27

a=a

Answer 27

reflexive property

Question 28

if a = b then b = a

Answer 28

symmetric property

Question 28

if a = b and b = c then a = c

Answer 28

transitive property