It means that in an addition such as:
a + b + c
it doesn't matter whether you do the addition on the left, or the addition on the right, first. Similar for multiplication.
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They are the associative property, distributive property and the commutative property.
The associative property states that the result of an addition or multiplication sentence will be the same no matter the grouping of the terms. Associative: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) (a × b) × c = a × (b × c)
All i know is how to remember associative property. In associative property you can have the parentheses in between any numbers and it will be the same answer.
associative property example: (a+b)+c = a+(b+c)
The way in which numbers are grouped when added or multiplied does not change the sum or product.In symbols the associative property of addition says that (a+b) +c = a + (b +c) where a,b, and c are any numbers.The associative property for multiplication says that (ab)c=a(bc).Informally, the associative property says that grouping does not matter when applying the operation.