Changing the grouping of the factors. The product stays the same.
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the associative property of addition means that changing the grouping of the addends doesn't affect the sum
there is not division for the associative property
The associative property of multiplication states that for any three numbers a, b and c, (a * b) * c = a * (b * c) and so we can write either as a * b * c without ambiguity. The associative property of multiplication means that you can change the grouping of the expression and still have the same product.
No it is not an associative property.
It is the associative property of addition.