Associative and Commutative & Distributive Property

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What is the Commutative Property of Addition?

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The Commutative Property of Addition states that changing the order of the numbers being added does not change the sum. For example, 3 + 5 = 5 + 3.

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What is the Associative Property of Addition?

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The Associative Property of Addition states that the way in which numbers are grouped when adding does not change the sum. For example, (2 + 3) + 4 = 2 + (3 + 4).

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What is the Associative Property of Multiplication?

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The Associative Property of Multiplication states that the way in which numbers are grouped when multiplying does not change the product. For example, (2 x 3) x 4 = 2 x (3 x 4).

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What is the Commutative Property of Multiplication?

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The Commutative Property of Multiplication states that changing the order of the numbers being multiplied does not change the product. For example, 4 x 5 = 5 x 4.

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What is the Distributive Property?

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The Distributive Property states that a number multiplied by a sum is equal to the sum of the individual products. For example, a(b + c) = ab + ac.

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Solve: 3(2 + 4)

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18

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Solve: 5 + (3 + 7)

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15

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Solve: (4 x 2) x 3

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24

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Solve: 2(3 + 5)

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16

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What is an example of the Distributive Property?

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An example is 2(3 + 4) = 2 x 3 + 2 x 4 = 6 + 8 = 14.