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Properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponentiation
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| a + 0 |
a |
addition property of 0 |
| 0 + a |
a |
addition property of 0 |
| a + b |
b + a |
commutative property of addition |
| (a + b) + c |
a + (b + c) |
associative property of addition |
| a · 0 |
0 |
multiplication property of 0 |
| 0 · a |
0 |
multiplication property of 0 |
| a · 1 |
a |
multiplication property of 1 |
| 1 · a |
a |
multiplication property of 1 |
| a b |
b a |
commutative property of multiplication |
| (a b) c |
a (b c) |
associative property of multiplication |
| a (b + c) |
a b + a c |
distributive property |
| a / 0 |
not in my class! |
division property of 0 |
| a / 1 |
a |
division property of 1 |
| a 0 |
1 |
exponentiation property of 0 |
| a 1 |
a |
exponentiation property of 1 |
| a b a c |
a b + c |
multiplying with common base |
| a bc |
a b c |
raising an exponent to an exponent |
| (a b) c |
a c b c |
raising multiple values in parentheses to a common power |
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addition of fractions |
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multiplication of both terms of a fraction |
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division of both terms of a fraction |
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multiplication of two fractions |
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division of two fractions |
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1 |
multiplication of reciprocal fractions |
| a = b |
a + c = b + c |
addition property of equality |
| a = b |
a - c = b - c |
subtraction property of equality |
| a = b |
a · c = b · c |
multiplication property of equality |
| a = b |
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division property of equality |