Question

At a local school supply store, a highlighter costs $1.25, a ballpoint pen costs $0.80, and a spiral notebook costs $2.75. Explain how you can use the Commutative Property of Addition to find the total cost if three of each item are purchased!

Answer 1

Since the communative property shows you can add or multipy in any order, this means you can add all three of these in a different order and still get the same answer.....For example, you can do $1.25 + $0.80 + $2.75 or you can switch it around and do it in another way