Associative, Distributive and Commutative Properties -Practice using these properties

To learn more about any of the properties below, visit that property's individual page.

Let's look at how (and if) these properties work with addition, multiplication, subtraction and division.

Property	Example with Addition
Distributive Property
Associative
Commutative
Summary: All 3 of these properties apply to addition.

Property	Example with Multiplication
Distributive Property	The distributive property is an application of multiplication (so there is nothing to show here).
Associative
Commutative
Summary: All 3 of these properties apply to multiplication.

Property	Example with Subtraction
Distributive Property
Associative
Commutative
Summary: The distributive property is the only one that applies to subtraction.

Property	Example with Subtraction
Distributive Property
Associative
Commutative
Summary: None of these properties applies to division.

Which of the following statements illustrate the distributive, associate and the commutative property?

Directions: Click on each answer button to see what property goes with the statement on the left.

All three of these properties can also be applied to Algebraic Expressions.

Which of the following statements illustrate the distributive, associate and the commutative property?

Directions: Click on each answer button to see what property goes with the statement on the left.