• 1.4: Commutative Property of Addition and Multiplication

    In addition to knowing the order of operations, we need to understand some properties of arithmetic before we can begin evaluating more complicated algebraic expressions.

    The commutative property of addition and multiplication states that the order of the input numbers does not matter. For example, 3 + 2 = 5 and 2 + 3 = 5. Likewise, 3 × 2 = 6 and 2 × 3 = 6.