Which explains why the commutative property of addition does not work for subtraction? While you can add in any order you want and the sum will be same, you cannot subtract in any order you want. Subtracting numbers in a different order is prevented by the additive identity property.

While you can add in any order you want and the sum will be same, you cannot subtract in any order you want. Subtracting numbers in a different order will always result in an irrational number.

While you can add in any order you want and the sum will be same, you cannot subtract in any order you want. Subtracting numbers in a different order will result in a different answer.

While you can add in any order you want and the sum will be same, you cannot subtract in any order you want. Subtracting numbers in a different order will always give you a negative difference.