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| ''Maths.''
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| ===Multiplication and addition are commutative===
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| The commutative property of multiplication means that exchanging the ordering of the items multiplied together makes no difference to the final result.
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| ====Example 1====
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| 3 x 4 gives the same result as 4 x 3.
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| In the first case:
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| 3 x 4 = '''12'''
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| In the second case:
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| 4 x 3 = '''12'''
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| ====Example 2====
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| The commutative property also applies to addition.
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| 4 + 5 gives the same final result as 5 + 4.
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| Both expressions give the result 9.
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| ===Division and subtraction are not commutative===
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| The commutative property does not apply to division. The order of items being divided does make a difference to the final result.
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| ====Example 3====
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| 20 / 4 gives a different result from 4 / 20.
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| In the first case:
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| 20 / 4 = '''5'''
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| In the second case:
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| 4 / 20 = '''0.2'''
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| ====Example 4====
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| The commutative property does not apply to subtraction.
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| 5 - 3 gives a different result from 3 - 5.
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| The result of the first expression is '''+2'''.
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| The second expression produces '''-2'''.
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| ====Multiplication and addition are also associative====
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| The [[associative]] and commutative properties apply both to multiplication and addition.
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| For this reason, they are sometimes mixed-up but they are different,
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Associative]] | | * [[Claimant]] |
| * [[Distributive]] | | * [[Defendant]] |
| * [[Denominator]] | | * [[Jurisdiction]] |
| * [[Numerator]] | | * [[Per incuriam]] |
| | * [[Petition]] |
| | * [[Preliminary rulings]] |
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