At the market, Joey buys 3 avocados for $.40 each and 5 lemons for $0.40 each. The cashier in training rings up 3 × 0.40 and then 5 × 0.40 to get the total. The experienced cashier says to add the 3 plus 5 in his head and then ring up 8 × 0.40.

What property says that these two totals would be the same?

associative property of multiplication

commutative property of multiplication

distributive property

multiplicative identity

Question

At the market, Joey buys 3 avocados for $.40 each and 5 lemons for $0.40 each. The cashier in training rings up 3 × 0.40 and then 5 × 0.40 to get the total. The experienced cashier says to add the 3 plus 5 in his head and then ring up 8 × 0.40.

What property says that these two totals would be the same?



associative property of multiplication


commutative property of multiplication


distributive property


multiplicative identity

anonymous · Answer

commutative property of multiplication.