the commutative property
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The property being described is the Commutative Property. This property states that the order of elements can be changed without affecting the result in certain operations, such as addition and multiplication.
a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c if you have multiple addition or multiplication numbers in parenthesis then the numbers in the parenthesis' order doesn't matter
It involves 3 or more numbers. The parenthesis indicates the terms that are considered one unit.The groupings are within the parenthesis.
The associative property in algebra is important for organization of numbers. Rearranging the numbers and parenthesis will not change values but instead make the equation more convenient.
The distributive property is when you take you number is share it with all the other numbers in the parenthesis. An example is x(2 + 3) = 2x + 3X.
Distributive property