Question

Find the sum of (6234 + 4918) + 589. Also, find the sum of 6234 + (4918 + 589).Are the two sums equal? State the property satisfied.

Answer 1

Answer:

The sum of the given values is 11741. Yes the sum of both the problems is equal.

This shows that addition is commutative that is it does not matter which number you add first.

In other words a + b is always equal to b + a.