Question

State the property of real numbers that is being illustrated.

(7⋅8)⋅4=7⋅(8⋅4)
Choose the correct answer below.

A. commutative property of multiplication
B. multiplicative inverse property
C. associative property of multiplication
D. multiplication property of zero
E. multiplicative identity

Answer 1

This is the Associative Property, which deals with how the factors are grouped.

The Commutative Property is about moving factors around: a•b = b•a
Multiplicative Inverse is the idea that a • 1/a = 1. (That doesn’t work for 0, btw.)
Multiplication Property of Zero says “anything times 0 is 0.”
Multiplicative Identity is the idea that multiplying by 1 doesn’t change the value: 9•1 = 9