According to the closure property for multiplication, if a and b are whole numbers then their multiplication is also a whole number.
According to the closure property for multiplication, if a and b are whole numbers then their product is also a whole number.
Which of the following statements is not true? (A) Both addition and multiplication are associative for whole numbers. (B) Zero is the identity for multiplication of whole numbers. (C) Addition and multiplication both are commutative for whole numbers. (D) Multiplication is distributive over addition for whole numbers.