Question

The shifting of a number from one side of an equation to the other is called as _____.

• A. transposition
• B. distributivity
• C. associativity
• D. commutativity

Answer 1

The correct option is A transposition

The shifting of a number from one side of an equation to the other is called transposition.

Transposing means moving to the other side.
Transposition of a number has the same effect as adding same number to (or subtracting the same number from) both sides of the equation.
When you transpose a number from one side of the equation to the other side, you change its sign. For example, transposing +3 from the LHS to the RHS in equation x + 3 = 8 gives x = 8 – 3 (= 5).
We can carry out the transposition of a variable in the same way as the transposition of a number.