Question

Add the following numbers and verify the result by reversing the order of the addends:

$34,672+2,356$

Answer 1

Adding the given numbers, and finding the sum

$34,672+2,356=37,028$

Reversing the order of the addends, we have

$2,356+34,672=37,028$

Changing the order of two whole numbers does not change their sum.

Hence, by the commutative property of addition, $34,672+2,356=2,356+34,672$