SOLUTION: whats the difference between the associative property of addition and the commutative property of addition?

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Question 3265: whats the difference between the associative property of addition and the commutative property of addition?
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Answer by Jessmh123(22) (Show Source):
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The associative property of addition moves grouping symbols and the commutative property moves numbers.

Answer by mayra patricia(1) (Show Source):
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"Commutative Laws" just mean that you can swap numbers over and still get the same answer when you add, or when you multiply.
The "Associative Laws" mean that it doesn't matter how you group the numbers (ie which you calculate first) when you add, or when you multiply.