Properties of Addition
Key Words & Operations
Subtraction Across Zeroes
Estimation
100

3,512 + 6,299 = 6,299 + 3,512

Commutative Property

100

A crayon company makes 87,491 blue crayons and 25,053 gray crayons.  How many more blue crayons does the company make than gray crayons?

Key Words: How many more than

Operation: Subtraction

100

5002 - 457

4,545

100

534,965 - 389,674

100,000

200

53 + (42 + 33) = 42 + (33 + 53)

Associative Property of Addition

200

A shipping company delivered 389,652 letters and 429,776 packages.How many items were delivered?

Key Words: How many

Operation: Addition

200

30,002 - 12,563

17,439

200

562,993 + 222,754

800,000

300

A number plus zero = that number

Identity Property of Addition

300

In one week, Xitong walks 1,750 meters and runs 1,925 meters.  She performs the same workout for three weeks.  How many meters does Xitong walk and run in three weeks?

Key Words: How many (and three weeks)

Operations: Addition and/or multiplication

300

9,000-3,582

5,418

300

672,954 + 359,999 =

1,100,000

400

0 + 789,999 = 789,999

Identity Property of Addition

400

There were 130,336 ice skates rented in one year. The next year 108,692 ice skates were rented.  The following year 178,119 ice skates were rented.  How many pairs were rented during the busiest years?

Key Words: How many

Operation: Addition

400

700,009 - 639,542

60,467

400

520,956 - 234,567 +

300,000

500

red + blue = blue + red

Commutative Property of Addition

500

Paisley ran 3,472 miles last year and 2,834 miles the previous years.  How many more miles did she run last year?

Key Words: How many more

Operation: subtraction

500

65,000 - 46,789

18,211

500

599,999 + 976,543 =

1,600,000

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