Associative property of multiplication:

The associative property is stated as the ability to add or multiply a group of numbers regardless of their grouping behavior. The word associative property comes from the word named associate or group. It refers to the grouping of the number of variables that will give the same answer  when multiplied in any association or grouping. The word grouping means to make use of the parenthesis regardless of their position.

The associative property of multiplication can be stated as the method of performing multiplication problem with more than two numbers regardless of the number that gets multiplied first.

In other words, (a x b) x c= a x (b x c).

It will not matter where the parenthesis is used but it will give the same answer in all the cases.

Example of associative property of multiplication:

1. 6 x 4 x 5

While solving the problem from left to right, the first number that will get multiplied is 6 x 4=24 and after that multiplying 24 x 5 the final answer will be gained as 120.

While using the associative property of multiplication, the parenthesis can be grouped with any of the two numbers and depending on that we can multiply the numbers first.

Formula for associative property of multiplication:

The associative property of multiplication can be shown from the following equation:

(a x b) x c=a x (b x c)

(2 x 8) x 4 = 2 x(8 x 2).