REVIEWER IN ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA

BY: MERCADO, GRACE ANNE C.

Properties of Real Numbers
The basic properties of real numbers include the following:
- The closure Property
- The commutative property
- The associative property
- The distributive property
Properties of Real Numbers
- Identity Property
- Inverse Property
- Zero Property
- Density of Numbers
CLOSURE PROPERTY
- Two integers that are added and multiplied remain as integers. The set of integers is
closed under addition and multiplication.
- The Closure Property of Addition for real numbers of states that if a and b are real
numbers, then a + b is a unique real number.
- The Closure Property of Multiplication for real numbers states that if a and b are real
numbers, then a * b is a unique real number.
COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY
- Changing the order of two numbers that are either being added or multiplied does
not change the value. a + b = b + a ab = ba
- Examples:
2 + 3 = 3 + 2, since 2 + 3 = 5 and 3 + 2 = 5.
(-16) +( -5) = (-5) + (-16)
100 + 99 = 99 + 100
(2) (3) = (3) (2), since (2)(3) = 6 & also (3)(2) = 6.
ASSOCIATIVE PROPERTY
- Changing the grouping of numbers that are either being added or multiplied does not
change its value.
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c) (ab) c = a (bc)
DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY
- When two numbers have been added/subtracted and then multiplied by a factor, the
result will be the same when each number is multiplied by the factor and the
products are then added / subtracted.
a (b + c) = ab + ac
a (b - c) = ab – ac
IDENTITY PROPERTY
a. Additive Identity states that the sum of any number and 0 is the given number.
Zero is the additive identity. A + 0 = a
Example:
4+0=4
-10 + 0 = -10
99 + 0 = 99
b. Multiplicative Identity states that the product of any number and 1 is the given
number, a * 1 = a. One is the multiplicative identity. a * 1 = a.
Examples:
 12 x 1 = 12
-32 x 1 = -32
99 x 1 = 99
INVERSE PROPERTITY
a. Additive Property states that the sum of any numbers and its additive inverse is zero.
The additive inverse of that number