Question

Which is an example of the associative property?














A.


–(18 + 3) = –18 + (–3)











B.


–17 + 0 = –17











C.


(–8 + 10) + 4. = –8 + (10 + 4)











D.


–5 + 7 = 7 + (–5)

Answer 1

Associative means you are group the numbers together differently with parentheses, but you are not changing the order in which they appear.

So: 1 + (5 + 6) = (1 + 5) + 6
would be a good example of associative. The order stays the same, but the parenthesis groups the 5 and 6 on the left side but it groups the 1 and 5 on the right side.