In this lesson, Professor Perez goes over the properties of multiplication. He covers the commutative property, which states that the order of factors doesn't matter. He also discusses the associative property, which shows that the grouping of factors doesn't matter. Finally, he tackles the distributive property, which demonstrates that you can multiply a number by a group of numbers added together. Through a series of examples, he shows how these properties can be applied in real-world situations.
An introduction to the properties of multiplication.
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