Properties of multiplication
Key Notes :
✈️ Distributive property:
- You can multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately.
- The distributive property works with subtraction, too.
✈️ Commutative property:
You can multiply numbers in any order and get the same product.
Learn with an example
🎈 Which property of multiplication is shown?
(m − n) · p = m · p − n · p
- distributive
- commutative
- zero
- associative
- (m − n) · p = m · p − n · p
- This equation shows the distributive property. Multiplication distributes over addition or subtraction.
🎈 Which equation shows the associative property of multiplication?
- (n · p) · q = n · (p · q)
- 0 = n · 0
- n · p · q = r
- r = n · p · q
- (n · p) · q = n · (p · q)
- This equation shows the associative property. The grouping of the factors is changed.
🎈 Which property of multiplication is shown?
7 · 4 = 4 · 7
- zero
- commutative
- identity
- distributive
- 7 · 4 = 4 · 7
- This equation shows the commutative property. The order of the factors is changed.
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