REALNUMBERS

1)Cl
osur
ePr
oper
tyofAddi
ti
on

Pr
oper
ty:
a+bi
sar
eal
number

Ver
bal
Descr
ipt
ion:
Ify
ouaddt
wor
eal
number
s,t
hesum i
sal
soar
eal
number
.

Exampl
e:3+9=12wher
e12(
thesum of3and9)i
sar
eal
number
.

2)Commut
ati
vePr
oper
tyofAddi
ti
on

Pr
oper
ty:
a+b=b+a

VerbalDescr
ipt
ion:
Ify
ouaddt
wor
eal
number
sinanyor
der
,thesum wi
l
lal
way
sbet
hesameor
equal.

Exampl
e:5+2=2+5=10

3)Associ
ati
vePr
oper
tyofAddi
ti
on

Pr
oper
ty:
(a+b)+c=a+(
b+c)

Ver
balDescr
ipti
on:I
fyouar
eaddi
ngt
hreer
eal
number
s,t
hesum i
sal
way
sthesamer
egar
dless
oft
hei
rgrouping.

Exampl
e:(
1+2)+3=1+(
2+3)=6

4)Addi
ti
veI
dent
it
yPr
oper
tyofAddi
ti
on

Pr
oper
ty:
a+0=a

VerbalDescr
ipt
ion:
Ify
ouaddar
eal
numbert
ozer
o,t
hesum wi
l
lbet
heor
igi
nal
real
number
i
tself
.

Exampl
e:3+0=3or0+3=3

5)Addi
ti
veI
nver
sePr
oper
ty
Pr
oper
ty:
a+(
–a)=0

Ver
bal
Descr
ipt
ion:
Ify
ouaddar
eal
numberandi
tsopposi
te,
youwi
l
lal
way
sgetzer
o.

Exampl
e:13+(
–13)=0

Mul
ti
pli
cat
ionPr
oper
ti
esofReal
Number
s

Supposea,
b,andcr
epr
esentr
eal
number
s.

6)Cl
osur
ePr
oper
tyofMul
ti
pli
cat
ion

Pr
oper
ty:
a×bi
sar
eal
number
.

Ver
bal
Descr
ipt
ion:
Ify
oumul
ti
plyt
wor
eal
number
s,t
hepr
oducti
sal
soar
eal
number
.

Exampl
e:6×7=42wher
e42(
thepr
oductof6and7)i
sar
eal
number
.

7)Commut
ati
vePr
oper
tyofMul
ti
pli
cat
ion

Pr
oper
ty:
a×b=b×a

Verbal
Descr
ipt
ion:
Ify
oumul
ti
plyt
wor
eal
number
sinanyor
der
,thepr
oductwi
l
lal
way
sbet
he
sameorequal.

Exampl
e:9×4=4×9=36

8)Associ
ati
vePr
oper
tyofMul
ti
pli
cat
ion

Pr
oper
ty:
(a×b)×c=a×(
b×c)

VerbalDescr
ipti
on:I
fyouaremul
ti
ply
ingt
hreer
eal
number
s,t
hepr
oducti
sal
way
sthesame
regar
dlessofthei
rgroupi
ng.

Exampl
e:(
5×3)×2=5×(
3×2)=30

9)Mul
ti
pli
cat
iveI
dent
it
yPr
oper
tyofMul
ti
pli
cat
ion