Yesterday, we looked at the associative property,, which held true for both addition and multiplication. Today, we’re going to tackle the commutative property, which also works for both addition and multiplication.
In order to remember the commutative property, I’ve found it helps to remember what it means to commute. Have you ever heard someone talk about their long or easy commute to work? This means they’re going from one place and going somewhere else. That’s the basic idea behind the commutative property. The numbers go different places.
Mathematically, the commutative property looks like this:
a + b = b +a
The a and b might commute to another spot, but it’s still the same problem.
Tomorrow, we tackle the identity property!
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