Define a binary operation $\ast$ on the set $\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ as $$a \ast b = \left\{ \begin{array} {1 1} a+b, & \quad \text{ if a$+$b $<$ 6} \\ a+b-6, & \quad \text{ if a+b $\geq$ 6} \\ \end{array} \right.$$ Zero is the identity for this operation. True or False?

related to an answer for: Define a binary operation $\ast$ on the set $\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ as $$a \ast b = \left\{ \begin{array} {1 1} a+b, & \quad \text{ if a$+$b $<$ 6} \\ a+b-6, & \quad \text{ if a+b $\geq$ 6} \\ \end{array} \right.$$ Show that zero is the identity for this operation and each element $a\neq0$ of the set is invertible with $6-a$ being the inverse of $a$.

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