-the order of the two numbers involved does not affect the value ONLY applies to addition and multiplication.
Communitive Property
-the grouping of two or more numbers does not affect the value ONLY applies to addition and multiplication
Associative Property
-involves distributing the number outside of a parenthesis to each number in the side of a parenthesis
Distributive Property
-is a number which combines with another number without changing the other number
The identity element for addition is 0. Any number plus zero equals the original number.
Identity Elements
-is a number which combines with another number to equal an identity element
Inverse Elements
-a number added to another number to eqqual zero for example -9 and 9.
Additive Inverse
-is a number multiplied by another number to equal one. his is usually calleed the reciprocal. For example, 4 and 1/4 are reciprocals.