Adding Rational Numbers Using Properties of Operations we can add integers in any order using the
and
properties of addition.
Consider the integers a, b, c, and -d. We can add this group of
integers in several different ways:
a + (-b) + C+ (-0)
a+c+ (-6) + (-d)
(a + c) + [(-b) + (-d)]
The sum of the integers remains the
regardless of
their arrangement. We can use the commutative and associative
properties to break up numbers by
to find the sum of two or more rational numbers.