Property
Term
Definition
a quality or trait belonging and especially
particular to an individual or thing
property
additive
inverse
multiplicative
inverse
Property
Identity
Property of
Addition
Associative
Property of
Addition
a number’s opposite
the reciprocal of the number
Definition
You can add zero to
any number and the
number will remain
the same.
The product of any
Identity
Property of number and one is
that number.
Multiplication
The product of any
Zero
Property of number and zero is
zero.
Multiplication
Commutative
Property of
Addition
Commutative
Property of
Multiplication
No matter which
order the numbers
are added, the sum
of the numbers is
the same.
Example
Key Word
Associative
Property of
Multiplication
Distributive
Property of
Multiplication
Inverse
Property of
Addition
19035Definition
No matter what
order the numbers
are multiplied, the
product of the
numbers is the same
No matter how the
numbers are
grouped, the sum
will be the same.
No matter which
order the numbers
are grouped, the
product of the
numbers is the
same.
If one factor is a
sum, multiplying the
parts before adding
does not change the
product.
If you add a number
and its opposite
(additive invers),
the sum is zero.
If you multiply a
Inverse
Property of number by its
reciprocal
Multiplication
(multiplicative
inverse), the
product is one.
Example
Key Word