Properties Of Multiplication

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Commutative property: You can multiply two
numbers in any order and the product will be the same.

Example

4 x 3 = 12
and
3 x 4 = 12

Example

4 x 2 = 8
and
2 x 4 = 8

Multiplicative identity property: multiply or dividing a
number by 1 does not change the number.

6 x 1 = 6

4 x 1 = 4

9 divided 1 = 9

6 divided 1 = 6

Example

property of zero: any number multiply by zero will be
zero. The number can be in any order.

12 x 0 = 0 6 x 0 = 0 0 x 7 = 0
0 x 4 = 0

Examples

Properties Involving Multiplication.

Associative Property: When three or more numbers are
multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the grouping
of the factors. For example (2 * 3) * 4 = 2 * (3 * 4)

Distributive property: The sum of two numbers times
a third number is equal to the sum of each addend
times the third number.