Properties of Equality Worksheet
This worksheet covers the fundamental properties of equality including reflexive, symmetric, transitive, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division properties for Grade 12 mathematics.
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Read each question carefully and provide your answers using the properties of equality. Show all your work for full credit.
1. If a = b and b = c, then a = c. Which property of equality is this?
Reflexive Property
Symmetric Property
Transitive Property
Substitution Property
2. Which property states that if a = b, then a + c = b + c?
Multiplication Property of Equality
Division Property of Equality
Addition Property of Equality
Subtraction Property of Equality
3. The Property of Equality states that if a = b, then b = a.
4. According to the Property of Equality, any quantity is equal to itself.
5. If 3x = 12, then x = 4 by the Property of Equality.
6. Solve the equation 2x + 5 = 15. Justify each step with a property of equality.
7. Explain how the concept of a balance scale relates to the properties of equality.

8. The Substitution Property of Equality allows you to replace a quantity with an equal quantity in any expression.
True
False
9. If a = b, then a - c = c - b.
True
False
Match each property with its description.
10. Reflexive Property
a. If a = b and b = c, then a = c.
11. Symmetric Property
b. If a = b, then a + c = b + c.
12. Transitive Property
c. a = a
13. Addition Property
d. If a = b, then b = a.
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