Case Study

Identify the Property When Multiplication Grouping Changes

A student rewrites (2⋅5)⋅3(2 \cdot 5) \cdot 3 as 2⋅(5⋅3)2 \cdot (5 \cdot 3). The factors stay in the same order; only the grouping changes.

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