6th Grade Properties ~Math~
Additive Identity:
(1) Add zero and get your answer
Distributive Property:
(1) Break apart the bigger or tougher number (2) Multiply the number outside by both inside numbers (3) Add the solutions together and get your answer
Multiplicative Identity:
(1) Multiply by one
Multiplicative Inverse:
(1) Take a fractional number or not fractional number and put a 1 underneath (2) flip the number (3) Multiply straight across
Additive Inverse:
(1) add positive and negative numbers together and land at zero
Associative Property:
* this only works with Multiplication and addition* * moving the parenthesis around does not change the answer (1) Move the location of the parenthesis to make the problem easy (2) Simplify if you have x (3) if there is no x, add and get the answer
Commutative Property:
*Only addition and multiplication* (1) Switch numbers around to make the problem easy (2) combine Like terms together (3) Get answer
Multiplicative Property of Zero:
Multiply by zero and get zero