This document outlines several basic properties of real numbers:
1) Commutative properties - addition and multiplication are commutative, but subtraction and division are not
2) Associative properties - addition and multiplication are associative
3) Distributive property - multiplication distributes over addition and subtraction
4) Identity properties - adding or multiplying a number by 0 or 1 does not change the number
5) Inverse properties - adding or multiplying the inverse of a number results in the identity
6) Equality properties - if two numbers are equal, operations performed on them result in equal numbers