Property of multiplication
| The commutative property of multiplication does not hold! | AB≠BAA, B, does not equal, B, A |
| Associative property of multiplication | (AB)C=A(BC)left parenthesis, A, B, right parenthesis, C, equals, A, left parenthesis, B, C, right parenthesis |
| Distributive properties | A(B+C)=AB+ACA, left parenthesis, B, plus, C, right parenthesis, equals, A, B, plus, A, C |
| (B+C)A=BA+CAleft parenthesis, B, plus, C, right parenthesis, A, equals, B, A, plus, C, A |
| Multiplicative identity property | IA=AI, A, equals, A and AI=AA, I, equals, A |
| Multiplicative property of zero | OA=OO, A, equals, O and AO=OA, O, equals, O |
| Dimension property | The product of an m×nm, times, n matrix and ann×kn, times, k matrix is an m×km, times, k matrix. |