{"id":261,"date":"2023-02-17T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:43:08","slug":"commutative-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/commutative-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Commutative Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Commutative Law<\/strong> states that when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">adding or multiplying<\/span> two numbers together, you can successfully complete the calculation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">regardless of which way round the numbers are<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 + 2 = 6\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02 + 4 = 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 x 5 = 15\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0 5 x 3 = 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The word commutative is used because it is like a commuter who travels the same journey each day in opposite directions (the same journey forwards and then backwards).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CURRICULUM LINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have investigated how<br \/>\nwhole numbers are<br \/>\nconstructed, can<br \/>\nunderstand the<br \/>\nimportance of zero within<br \/>\nthe system and can use<br \/>\nmy knowledge to explain<br \/>\nthe link between a digit,<br \/>\nits place and its value.<br \/>\nMNU 1-02a<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may wish to find out more about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/associative-law\/\">The Associative Law<\/a>, The Distributive Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commutative Law states that when adding or multiplying two numbers together, you can successfully complete the calculation regardless of which way round the numbers are. &nbsp; For example: 4 + 2 = 6\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02 + 4 = 6 3 x 5 = 15\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0 5 x 3 = 15 &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/commutative-law\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commutative Law<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/sspsmathsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}