The ASSOCIATIVE property for addition states that 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.
Rational numbers are also associative under multiplication.
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Yes. Multiplication of integers, of rational numbers, of real numbers, and even of complex numbers, is both commutative and associative.
Subtraction is not commutative nor associative.
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.
No because the associative property can be found in other operations as well.