When Ted entered the class, Mr. McMurphy was teaching integers!! Ted didn’t even know what was going on in the class before, but, the moment he heard the word ‘integer’ from his mouth, he became super attentive. Suddenly, Mr. McMurphy started asking questions.

He said: “If you add or subtract two integers, the result will always be an integer. What is this property called?” Thinking that anytime he could ask him, Ted started looking at the book for the answer. To his relief, one of his classmates gave right answer. The right answer was -

Associative Property

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Distributive Property

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Commutative Property

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Closure Property

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is D
Closure Property

This property is called Closure property. Result of addition or subtraction of two integers always results in an integer. In this way, integers are said to be closed under addition and subtraction.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. If you add or subtract two integers, the result will always be an integer. What is this property called?

Surprised to know that $- 1$ was the largest number here, Ted asked $- 13$ about the smallest number. When it told him to ask $- 14$ about the smallest number, he understood that it is impossible to find the smallest negative integer. To find $0$ , Ted went to its house with $- 13$ and found it was empty.

After that Ted asked $- 13$ about zero. He was shocked when it said that $0$ was kidnapped by the positive integers and that its house has always been empty.
How is this even possible that $0$ is not in the state of positive integers as well as negative integers?

For vacation, Ted was going to a hill station. When he started, he checked out the Odometer of his dad’s car. The reading was 1111.22 km. After the journey, the reading was 1342.56 km. How many meters did Ted traveled through?

For vacation, Ted was going to a hill station. When he started, he checked the Odometer of his dad’s car. The reading was 1111.22 km. After the journey, the reading was 1342.56 km. How many metres did Ted travel?

The moment Ted heard the name 'Euclid'; he told that he has seen something like Euclid's axioms. Thanks to his habit of always peeking into the books for higher grades! Ted was able to recollect that Euclid gave some axioms. How many axioms did Euclid give?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

The correct option is D Closure Property This property is called Closure property. Result of addition or subtraction of two integers always results in an integer. In this way, integers are said to be closed under addition and subtraction.

The correct option is D
Closure Property

This property is called Closure property. Result of addition or subtraction of two integers always results in an integer. In this way, integers are said to be closed under addition and subtraction.