Use the addition problem below to answer the question that follows:

12

29

88

+ 11

When given the addition problem above the student quickly said 140. When the student was asked how he solved the problem he quickly said " Add 12 and 88 and get 100, then 29 plus 11 equals 40, last add 100 and 40 and that equals 140. What property of addition did the student use to solve the problem?

A. Associative and Communitive Property

B. Associative and Additive Identity Property

C. Communitive and Additive Identity Property

D. Distributive and Additive Inverse

1. Define: Additive Identity Property
2. Define: Communitive Property
3. Define: Distributive Property
4. The correct answer is A. Associative and Communitive Property. Reply to a peer explaining why the correct answer is A. Associative and Communitive Property.