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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.
Associative Properties-Denoting an operation is independent of grouping. Commutative Properties-Denoting an operation is independent of the order of combination. Distributive Property-The sum of two addends multiplied by a number is the sum of the product of each addend and the number. For example, a(b+c)= ab + ac. Identity Properties-A number that can be added to (or multiplied by) any second number without changing the second number.