Practice Associative Property (1.3.B.3) - Pure Arithmetic

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Question 1.
Evaluate (5 + 3) + 2 and 5 + (3 + 2).
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Add the numbers in both cases.
Question 2.
What is (1 × 2) × 3 and 1 × (2 × 3)?
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Multiply the numbers in both cases.
3Question 3.
Which property states that grouping does not changes the sum in addition?
- Commutative
- Associative
- Distributive
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Remember how you can add numbers in any order.
4Question 4.
True or False: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
- True
- False
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Think of how you can group numbers in addition.
Question 5.
Prove using the Associative Property that (12 + 8) + (5 + 3) is equal to 12 + (8 + 5) + 3.
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Group carefully and calculate in steps.
Question 6.
Demonstrate that with three variables a, b, and c, the Associative Property of multiplication holds by computing (a × b) × c and a × (b × c) separately.
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Select simple numbers to prove it easily.

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