Answer:

To “associate” means to connect or join with something.

According to the associative property of multiplication, the product of three or more numbers remains the same regardless of how the numbers are grouped.

Here’s an example of how the product does not change irrespective of how the factors are grouped.

Associative Property of Multiplication

Here is another example.

( 7 x 8 ) x 11

= 56 x 11

= 616

7 x ( 8 x 11 )

= 7 x 88

= 616

The associative property always involves 3 or more numbers.

The numbers grouped within a parentheses, are terms in the expression that considered as one unit.

There is also an associative property of addition. However, subtraction and division are not associative.