What is the associate property?

Answer 1

Associative property states that the change in grouping of three or more addends or factors does not change their sum or product

For example,

(A + B) + C = A + ( B + C)

and so either can be written, unambiguously, as A + B + C.

Similarly with multiplication. But neither subtraction nor division are associative.

Answer 2

The addition or multiplication of a set of numbers is the same regardless of how the numbers are grouped. The associative property will involve 3 or more numbers. The parenthesis indicates the terms that are considered one unit.The groupings (Associative Property) are within the parenthesis. Hence, the numbers are 'associated' together. In multiplication, the product is always the same regardless of their grouping. The Associative Property is pretty basic to computational strategies. Remember, the groupings in the brackets are always done first, this is part of the order of operations.

Answer 3

The associative property is one of those fundamental properties of math that make math work. You probably take this property for granted because it's so ingrained, but it's important to see how the guts of math work, so check out the tutorial and make sure you're solid on your fundamentals.