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Associative works for addition and multiplication. Commutative works for addition and multiplication Distributive works for addition, multiplication and subtraction as well as some combinations of them, but not for division. Nothing works for division.
Properties of division are the same as the properties of multiplication with one exception. You can never divide by zero. This is because in some advanced math courses division is defined as multiplication by the Multiplicative Inverse, and by definition zero does not have a Multiplicative Inverse.
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Well, actually, division is just multiplication in reverse. Take 21 divided by 3 for example, and 7 times 3 is 21, so 7 is the answer for division. Try some new numbers and you'll get it! I've mastered division, so will you.