Working with Properties

🔹 What Is It?

Math properties are rules that help us rearrange and simplify problems.

🧩 Clue to Remember

Properties are like math shortcuts — they help you solve smarter, not harder.

🔹 Key Properties

• Commutative Property: Order doesn’t matter (2 + 3 = 3 + 2)
  
  

• Associative Property: Grouping doesn’t matter ((a + b) + c = a + (b + c))
  
  

• Distributive Property: a(b + c) = ab + ac
  
  

• Identity Property: Any number + 0 or × 1 stays the same
  
  

💡 Why It Matters

Knowing these helps you simplify, factor, and solve faster — especially in algebra and later math.