It means that FOR CERTAIN OPERATIONS, you can start at the left or at the right, and get the same results. In the case of addition of real numbers, in symbols, you have:(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
An example with specific numbers:
(20 + 10) + 5 = 20 + (10 + 5)
Similar for multiplication of real numbers. Parentheses mean that you should do the operation inside the parentheses first.
there is not division for the associative property
No it is not an associative property.
It is the associative property of addition.
The associative property is the property that a * (b * c) = (a * b) * c for any binary operation *. Addition and multiplication are associative, but these are definitely not the only two operations that obey this property.
No.
The associative property of math refers to grouping. This property states that you can group numbers (move the parenthesis) anyway and the result will remain the same.
They are the associative property, distributive property and the commutative property.
when you are only adding or multiplying.
Like Associative property
The associative property states that the result of an addition or multiplication sentence will be the same no matter the grouping of the terms. Associative: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) (a × b) × c = a × (b × c)
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.
The Associative Property in math is how the numbers are associated; ex. 2*(3*4) is the same as (2*3)*4.
associative property example: (a+b)+c = a+(b+c)
distributive, associative, commutative, and identity (also called the zero property)
The way in which numbers are grouped when added or multiplied does not change the sum or product.In symbols the associative property of addition says that (a+b) +c = a + (b +c) where a,b, and c are any numbers.The associative property for multiplication says that (ab)c=a(bc).Informally, the associative property says that grouping does not matter when applying the operation.
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It means that in an addition such as: a + b + c it doesn't matter whether you do the addition on the left, or the addition on the right, first. Similar for multiplication.