Portal:Associative Property

The associative property is a concept in which the grouping order of the operation does not matter.

Associative property of addition: Associative property of multiplication:
 * (α + β) + γ = α + (β + γ)
 * (α · β) · γ = α · (β · γ)

Many people use the associative property subconsciously when doing simple math.