Commutative Property Practice Problems & Worksheets

We use the substitution property and add parentheses for the addition operation:

$(2+1)-3=$

Now, we solve the exercise according to the order of operations:

$2+1=3$

$3-3=0$

We will use the substitution property to arrange the exercise a bit more comfortably, we will add parentheses to the addition operation:
$(3+2+1)-4=$
We first solve the addition, from left to right:
$3+2=5$

$5+1=6$
And finally, we subtract:

$6-4=2$

According to the order of operations, addition and subtraction are on the same level and, therefore, must be resolved from left to right.

However, in the exercise we can use the substitution property to make solving simpler.

-5+4+1-3

4+1-5-3

5-5-3

0-3

-3

To make solving the exercise easier, we try to add numbers that give us a result of 10.

Let's keep in mind that:

$7+3=10$

$6+4=10$

Hence we obtain a more manageable exercise to solve:

$10+10=20$

In order to simplify our calculations, we try to add numbers that give us a round result.

Keep in mind that:

$19+21=40$

$34+6=40$

Now, we get a more manageable exercise to solve:

$40+40+10=80+10=90$