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associative property of addition. The property that states that when adding three or more real numbers, the sum is always the same regardless of their grouping. That is,(a + b) + c = a + (b + c) Related Terms: associative property of multiplication, commutative, distributive. English | Espaol.
Properties of Addition. There are four mathematical properties which involve addition. The properties are the commutative, associative, additive identity and distributive properties. Commutative property: When two numbers are added, the sum is the same regardless of the order of the addends. Associative Property: When three or more numbers are added, the sum is the same regardless of the grouping of the addends. Additive Identity Property: The sum of any number and zero is the original number. For example 5 + 0 = 5.