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associative property of addition. The property that states that when adding three or more real numbers, the sum is always the same regardless of their grouping. That is,(a + b) + c = a + (b + c) Related Terms: associative property of multiplication, commutative, distributive. English | Espaol.
  The way in which numbers are grouped when added or multiplied does not change the sum or product. In symbols the associative property of addition says that (a+b) +c = a â¦ + (b +c) where a,b, and c are any numbers. The associative property for multiplication says that (ab)c=a(bc).n the case of addition, it means that (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). An example with numbers; (1 + 2) + 3 = 1 + (2 + 3). In other words, it makes no difference whether first calculate the two numbers to the left, or the two nubmers to the right.