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Yes. Both the commutative property of addition, and the commutative property of multiplication, works:* For integers

* For rational numbers (i.e., fractions)

* For any real numbers

* For complex numbers

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The answer depends not only on the set whose members you are looking at (fractions) but also the operation. Fractions do not obey a commutative property for subtraction (or division, or exponentiation).

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