An operation is associative if you can group numbers in any way without changing the answer. It doesn't matter how you combine them, the answer will always be the same. Addition and multiplicatio [..]

When performing an operation on three or more numbers, the result is unchanged by the way the numbers are grouped.

property (which applies both to multiplication and addition) by which numbers can be added or multiplied in any order and still yield the same value, e.g. (a

A property of real numbers that states that the sum or product of a set of numbers is the same. It doesn't matter how the numbers are grouped, the sum is the same. The associative property also w [..]