Associative, Commutitive or Distributive
Vocabulary
Vocabulary too
100

450x80

80x450

Commutative

100

a number sentence that contains an equal sign

equation

200
(4×5)×8=4×(5×8)


Associative

200

The base ten block consisting of one hundred 1-cm cubes

flat or base ten hundreds 

300

(2x9)x3

2x(9x3)

Associative

300

a way of writing a number as the sum of the values of each digit

expanded notation

300

an answer close to, or approximating an exact answer

estimate

400

4(8x7)=(4x8)+(4x7)

Distributive

400

Sets with the same number of elements such as cars with 5 passengers each, rows with 6 chairs each

Equal Groups

400

a rectangular array with the same number of rows as columns. Picture an array of for the number 16 or 9 or 25

square array

500

a×(b+c)=(a×b)+(a×c)

Distributive

500

a set of objects arranged in equal rows and equal columns

array

500

a counting number that is divisible by 2

even number

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