Cut apart cards and match the properties with the definitions and examples.
Anything times zero equals
Commutative Property
5•0=0
Associative Property
2( 3 + 4 ) = 2•3 + 2•4
Distributive Property
7+0=7
Inverse Property of Addition
⅙•6=1
Group changes
(4 + 5) + 8 = 4 + (5 + 8)
Order changes
Identity Property
9 + (-9) = 0
Multiply by the reciprocal
Multiplicative Property of Zero
9+2+3=3+2+9
Number stays the same
Inverse Property of
Multiplication
zero
Break up the group
Add opposites (positive and
negative)
Answer Key …
Commutative Property
9+2+3=3+2+9
Order changes
Associative Property
(4 + 5) + 8 = 4 + (5 + 8)
Group changes
Distributive Property
2( 3 + 4 ) = 2•3 + 2•4
Break up the group
Inverse Property of
Addition
Inverse Property of
Multiplication
Identity Property
Multiplicative Property
of Zero
9 + (-9) = 0
⅙•6=1
7+0=7
5•0=0
Add opposites (Positive
and Negative)
Multiply by the
reciprocal
Number stays the
same
Anything times zero
equals zero