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When you add, you put two numbers together. When you subtract, you take a number away from another. They are alike because they both are ways to solve a math problem, easy or hard, and different because adding and subtracting are pretty much the opposite of each other, if you really think about it.
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What are the different kinds of problems in math?
there are multiplication, subtraction, addition, and division!
What is the inverse of subtraction?
Addition is the inverse of Subtraction. Division is the inverse of Multiplication. and then visa-versa. :-) Addition is the inverse of Subtraction. Division is the inverse of Multiplication. and then visa-versa. :-) the Answer is subtraction
What does Associative Property not work for which operations?
It does not work with subtraction nor division.
What comes first in pemdas addition or subtraction?
d-a-s division-addition-subtraction
Are there commutative and associative properties for Subtraction and division?
No.
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