No.
Neither are commutative: a - b does not equal b - a, and a/b does not equal b/a.
Neither is associative: (a - b) - c does not equal a - (b - c), and (a/b)/c does not equal a/(b/c).
Examples of these are:
4 - 2 does not equal 2 - 4.
1/3 does not equal 3/1.
(6 - 5) - 1 does not equal 6 - (5 - 1).
(10/2)/2 does not equal 10/(2/2).
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No you can not use subtraction or division in the associative property.
Subtraction is not commutative nor associative.
Commutatitive property: a + b = b + a Associative property: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) Although illustrated above for addition, it also applies to multiplication. But not subtraction or division!
Subtraction and division.