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What is called, and why does the sum stay the same?
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Question: What is called, and why does the sum stay the same?
Sample answer: is the additive identity. Adding does not change a number.
Key points:
- is the additive identity.
- Adding does not change a number.
- For any number , and .
Rubric: Full credit: Names as the additive identity and states that adding does not change a number. Partial credit: Gives only one of these ideas. No credit: Gives neither idea correctly.
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