Michael was asked to give examples of the identity property of addition and the identity property of multiplication. Below are his answers.
Identity property of addition: 8 + 1 = 8
Identity property of multiplication: 8(0) = 0
What was Michael’s mistake?
He should have added 0 to 8 and multiplied 1 by 8.
He should have 8 + 1 = 9.
He should have 8(0) = 8.
He should have distributed the 8.
