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Practice A Properties of Real Numbers

Name the property that is illustrated in each equation. 1. f  g  g  f

2.  a  h   14   h  a   14

3. a   3  7    a  3   7

4. 13c  c  13

5. Find a counterexample to disprove the statement “The Associative Property is true for division.”

6. Find a counterexample to disprove the statement “The Commutative Property is true for subtraction.”

Fill in the blanks to write each product using the Distributive Property. 8. 15  18 

7. 25  11   25 (

)  25  1 

9. 3  109 

 15  20  

 250  25





 270

2 

 30

 3  100   3(

)

 300  

Find a counterexample to show that each statement is false. 10. The natural numbers are closed under subtraction.

11. The even numbers are closed under division.

12. The square numbers are closed under addition.

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