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Question 12 • Grade 7 Mathematics

Rashal is adding the given expression. negative 3 plus open bracket negative 7 plus negative 6 close bracket First, he rewrites the expression. open bracket negative 3 plus negative 7 close bracket plus negative 6 Which number property did Rashal use to rewrite the expression?

Answer
A
associative property
B
commutative property
C
identity property
D
distributive property

Explanation

Rashal changed the grouping from −3 + (−7 + −6) to (−3 + −7) + −6. The associative property allows the grouping of numbers being added to change without changing their order or the sum. So Rashal used the associative property.

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