It is the commutative property of addition.
There are two concepts here that are often confused. If you mean that the order of the operation of addition can be carried out in any order then it is the property of associativity. If you mean that the numbers can be written in any order then the property is commutativity.
If you have ONLY additions, you can add numbers in any order. Similarly, if you have ONLY multiplications, you can multiply in any order. Both rules follow from the commutative and associative properties of addition, and of multiplication, respectively.
In symbols, this property is that for any numbers a and b, a + b = b + a. Informally it says that adding a to b is the same as adding b to a; or it does not matter whether you start at the top or the bottom when adding numbers.
Any +++ Strictly speaking, it is ADD. The word 'sum' is used colloquially for any simple arithmetical calculation, but in mathematics a 'sum' is properly the result of adding two or more numbers.
Commutativity.
It is the commutative property of addition.
There are two concepts here that are often confused. If you mean that the order of the operation of addition can be carried out in any order then it is the property of associativity. If you mean that the numbers can be written in any order then the property is commutativity.
If you have ONLY additions, you can add numbers in any order. Similarly, if you have ONLY multiplications, you can multiply in any order. Both rules follow from the commutative and associative properties of addition, and of multiplication, respectively.
Any time you want to get the total value of a set of numbers by adding them all together.
No - adding an odd quantity of odd numbers will always result in an odd number.
In symbols, this property is that for any numbers a and b, a + b = b + a. Informally it says that adding a to b is the same as adding b to a; or it does not matter whether you start at the top or the bottom when adding numbers.
Any +++ Strictly speaking, it is ADD. The word 'sum' is used colloquially for any simple arithmetical calculation, but in mathematics a 'sum' is properly the result of adding two or more numbers.
2 + 3 = 5 2 + 5 = 7 2+ 11 = 13 2 + 41 = 43 The numbers only work with 2 because adding odd numbers together equals an even number. 2 is the only even prime number and thus adding any other prime numbers together will not equal a prime.
you didnt give me any numbers
The associative property of math states that the order of the numbers can be in any order when adding and multiplying.
The are in numerical order, not the order which they came out.