Associative Property of Addition

Lesson 15
 Learning Instruction and Overview
Counting is usually the first basic math skill that young children learn, but new
kindergartners may have no understanding that numbers represent quantities and
have relationships to other numbers. Addition helps kids master the relationships
between numbers and understand how quantities relate to one another. Even
when kindergartners can't reliably answer addition problems or manipulate large
numbers, basic addition skills give them a framework for mastering math in
elementary school.
 Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the module the learners will be able to:
1. to represent addition and subtraction with objects and actions to understand the
concepts of adding to and taking from. The key vocabulary words in this lesson are
addition, subtraction, together and apart.
2. Solve one-step problems involving multiplication by calculating the answer using
concrete objects, pictorial representations.
3. Developing mental and non-calculator written methods.
 Addition Sentence: 6 + 4 + 2 =
You can add three numbers in different ways. You must add two numbers at a time.

Lesson 15 : Associative Property of Addition

Rose planted 6 roses, 4 daisies, 2 gumamela plants. How many flowering plants did Rose
plan? To find the answer we need to add three numbers.

Addition Sentence: 6 + 4 + 2 =
 
You can add three numbers in different ways. You must add two numbers at a time.

  6+4+2= Add the first two addends

10 + 2 = 12
 6+4+2= Add the last two addends

6 + 6 = 12

What is the first sum? What is the second sum? Can we add any two numbers and get
the same sum?

Associative Property of Addition states that no matter how we group the addends,
the sum is always the same. We use parenthesis to tell us which two numbers to add
first. Example:

(5+4)+3 5+(4+3)
9+3 5+7
12 12