The Associative Property

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The Associative Property The Commutative Property The Distributive

2 identical flower beds Rectangular shaped 4.5 ft x 5 ft

How many square feet?!?!

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Associative Property

What other operations can be used with the associative property? 



Back to the Home Depot dilemma…



(4.5 x 5)



(4.5 x 5) x 2



4.5 x (5 x 2)



4.5 x 10



45 square feet

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Commutative

Property

What other operations can be used with the commutative property?

How can we manipulate the problems so we can use subtraction with the associative and commutative properties? 



$38 Sweater  Buy 6 Colors 

Your total is $287.66. What?!?!

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Bride (b)

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Cat (c)

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Dragon (d)

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(b + c + d)

a (b + c + d )

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ab + ac

ab + ac + ad





a(bc + d + ef)



a(bc + d + ef)  abc + ad + aef 





Distributive Property

Back to the J. Crew dilemma… 



6 sweaters at $38  6 x 38



6 sweaters at $38  6 x 38  6(40 – 2) 



6 sweaters at $38  6 x 38  6(40 – 2)  240 – 12  



6 sweaters at $38  6 x 38  6(40 – 2)  240 – 12  228  

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