Properties

Question 1

Associative property of addition

Answer 1

Numbers inside the grouping are different (addition)

Question 2

Associative property of multiplication

Answer 2

Numbers inside the grouping are different (multiplication)

Question 3

Commutative property of addition

Answer 3

The order of the numbers changes but the answer stays the same (addition)

Question 4

Commutative property of multiplication

Answer 4

The order of the numbers changes but the answer stays the same (multiplication)

Question 5

Distributive property

Answer 5

The number outside the group of numbers in parentheses that are being added of subtracted together, is multiplied to each number in the grouping

Question 6

Identity property of addition

Answer 6

If you add a number to 0 the sum of the numbers stays the same

Question 7

Identity property of multiplication

Answer 7

If you multiply a number by 1 the product is the number

Question 8

Inverse property of addition

Answer 8

When you add a number and it’s opposite the sum is 0

Question 9

Inverse property of multiplication

Answer 9

When you multiply a number by its reciprocal the product is always 1
(A/1×1/A=1)

Question 10

Multiplication property of zero

Answer 10

If you multiply a number by 0 the product is 0