Table of Contents
- Associative Property of Integers
- Addition and Multiplication
- Subtraction and Division
- Summary
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment, we learned about the Commutative property of integers. In this segment, we will learn about the Associative property.
Associative Property of Integers
Addition and Multiplication
It’s easy to solve mathematical operations like these:
20 + 12 = 32
9 x 5 = 45
They’re simple addition or multiplication problems because there are only two integers to be added or multiplied.
Now take a look at these mathematical operations:
7 + 12 + 3
5 x 2 x (-1)
In such cases, we use mathematical brackets like ( ), [ ] and { } to group any two integers together.
For example 7 + 12 + 3, can be grouped as (7 + 12) + 3 or 7 + (12 + 3) Let us now solve these two expressions.
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(7 + 12) + 3 = (19) + 3 = 22 |
7 + (12 + 3) = 7 + (15) = 22 |
In both cases, the answer is 22. It means the grouping of the integers does not change the results. This is because of the associative property of addition.
