The commutative property applies to addition but not subtraction. It states that we can add numbers in any order and get the same answer. However if we write a subtraction problem as addition of negatives, this means that we can use the commutative property.
The commutative property also states that we can multiply numbers in any order. This does not work with division; however, if we write division as multiplication of fractions, the commutative property would apply.
