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Addition: yes. Subtraction: only if you redefine it as an addition, for example 5 - 3 = 5 + (-3) = (-3) + 5 = -3 + 5. You might simply keep each number with its sign.

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Q: Is subtraction and addition commutative and associative?
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What are all the propertys in math?

zero property, inverse, commutative, associative, and distributative


How is subtraction rational numbers different from adding?

Subtraction is not commutative nor associative.


How do you do diffrenciate commutative and 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!


What is subtraction commutative or associative?

Subtraction is neither commutative property or association property because commutative property of multiplication is when you change the order of the factors the product stays the same and it isn't associated property because you can change the grouping of the factors the product stays the same you can't do that first attraction it wouldn't work it would be a negative zero.


How are the associative and commutative properties alike and different?

The associative and commutative are properties of operations defined on mathematical structures. Both properties are concerned with the order - of operators or operands. According to the ASSOCIATIVE property, the order in which the operation is carried out does not matter. Symbolically, (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) and so, without ambiguity, either can be written as a + b + c. According to the COMMUTATIVE property the order in which the addition is carried out does not matter. In symbolic terms, a + b = b + a For real numbers, both addition and multiplication are associative and commutative while subtraction and division are not. There are many mathematical structures in which a binary operation is not commutative - for example matrix multiplication.