Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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5. The Coordinate Plane
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Exercise 10 Page 374

What effect does adding 0 to a real number have on the number?

Identity Property of Addition

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To identify the Property of Real Numbers being demonstrated by the given equation, we should first identify the operation being performed. m+0=m In this case, the terms are being added and one of the terms is 0. Because addittion of 0 to a real number has no effect on the value of the number, 0 is known as the additive identity. Therefore, the given equation demonstrates the Identity Property of Addition.
m+0=m
m=m

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The Other Properties

In this exercise, we saw an example of the Identity Property of Addition. Now let's review other Properties of Real Numbers.