Properties of Addition

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. For example 4 + 2 = 2 + 4 Associative Property: When three or more numbers are added, the sum is the same regardless of the grouping of the addends. For example (2 + 3) + 4 = 2 + (3 + 4) Additive Identity Property: The sum of any number and zero is the original number. For example 5 + 0 = 5. Distributive property: The sum of two numbers times a third number is equal to the sum of each addend times the third number. For example 4 * (6 + 3) = 4*6 + 4*3

Properties of Addition
The following are the properties of addition for real numbers. Some textbooks list just a few of them, others list them all. They may have slightly different names in your textbook. PROPERTIES OF ADDITION

There is a unique real number 0 such that for every real number a,
Identity Property

a + 0 = a and 0 + a = a Zero is called the identity element of addition. For all real numbers a and b,

Commutative Property

a+b=b+a The order in which you add two numbers does not change the result. For all real numbers a, b, and c,

Associative Property

(a + b) + c = a + (b + c) When you add three real numbers, the

grouping (or association) of the numbers does not change the result. For all real number a, there is a unique real number a such that
Property of Opposites

a + (a) = 0 and (a) + a = 0 A number and its opposite are called additive inverses of each other because their sum is zero. For all real numbers a and b,

Property of Opposite of a Sum

(a + b) = (a) + (b) The opposite of a sum of real numbers is equal to the sum of the opposites.

oes anyone have any great ideas on teaching the properties of addition? ie: Associative property- (6 +5) + 8 = 19 or 6 + (5 + 8) = 19 Identity property= When you add 0 to a number the sum is that number. commutative property= 2 + 8 = 10 or 8 + 2 = 10

Please post if you have a creative way to teach these. Thanks so much!