Properties AF

Question 1

Associative property

Answer 1

The way you group three numbers when adding or multiplying doesn’t change the answer

Question 2

Identity property

Answer 2

For ant number a, the sum/product of a and 0/1 is 0

Question 3

Inverse property

Answer 3

A number and its opposite are additive inverses of each other

Question 4

Zero product property

Answer 4

The product of a number and 0 is 0

Question 5

Distributive property

Answer 5

Let’s you multiply a sum by multiplying the two addends by the other number individually

Question 6

Reflexive property

Answer 6

And quantity is equal to itself

Question 7

Symmetric property

Answer 7

If one quantity equals a second quantity, then the second quantity equals the first

Question 8

Transitive property

Answer 8

If one quantity equals a second, and the second quantity equals a third, then the first quantity equals the third

Question 9

Commutative property

Answer 9

The order in which you add or multiply numbers doesn’t change the sum or product