Arithmetic and pre-algebra
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Arithmetic properties
Putting names to properties of common arithmetic operations
Arithmetic properties
2 + 3 = 3 + 2, 6 x 4 = 4 x 6. Adding zero to a number does not change the number. Likewise, multiplying a number by 1 does not change it.
You may already know these things from working through other tutorials, but some people (not us) like to give these properties names that sound far more complicated than the property themselves. This tutorial (which we're not a fan of), is here just in case you're asked to identify the "Commutative Law of Multiplication". We believe the important thing isn't the fancy label, but the underlying idea (which isn't that fancy).
- Commutative Law of Addition
- Commutative Property for Addition
- Commutative Law of Multiplication
- Associative Law of Addition
- Associative Law of Multiplication
- CA Algebra I: Number Properties and Absolute Value
- Properties of numbers 1
- Number properties terminology 1
- Identity Property of 1
- Identity property of 1 (second example)
- Identity property of 0
- Inverse Property of Addition
- Inverse Property of Multiplication
- Properties of numbers 2