The commutative property says that the order of the numbers when adding or multiplying can be changed without changing the answer. For example, both \displaystyle{ 2+8 } and \displaystyle{ 8+2 } are equal to 10, and both \displaystyle{ 5*7 } and \displaystyle{ 7*5 } are equal to 35. This can be done with any numbers, or with more than two numbers. view more...