\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate} %Create a numbered list
\item Flour
\item Sugar
\item Eggs
\item Butter \\
\end{enumerate}

\begin{itemize} %Create a bulleted list
\item Homework
\item Tests
\item Final Exam
\item Group Discussion \\
\end{itemize}

\begin{itemize} %Create a bulleted list with math items
\item $a+b=b+a$
\item $a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c$
\item $a(b+c)=ab+ac$ \\
\end {itemize}

\begin{enumerate}
\item Homework
\item Tests
	\begin{enumerate} %Second tier of an outline-style list
	\item Test 1: September 10
		\begin{enumerate} %Third tier of an outline-style list
		\item Chapter 1
		\item Chapter 2
		\end{enumerate}
	\item Test 2: October 20
	\item Test 3: November 30
	\end{enumerate}
\item Final Exam
\item Group Discussion \\
\end{enumerate}

\begin{itemize}
\item Homework
\item Tests
	\begin{itemize}
	\item Test 1: September 10
		\begin{itemize}
		\item Chapter 1
		\item Chapter 2
		\end{itemize}
	\item Test 2: October 20
	\item Test 3: November 30
	\end{itemize}
\item Final Exam
\item Group Discussion \\
\end{itemize}

\begin{itemize}
\item[Commutative] $a+b=b+a$
%Use [] to replace the bullet symbol.
\item[Associative] $a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c$
\item[Distributive] $a(b+c)=ab+ac$ \\
\end {itemize}

\begin{itemize}
\item[] $a+b=b+a$
%Leaving [] empty will remove the bullet symbol from view.
\item[] $a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c$
\item[] $a(b+c)=ab+ac$ \\
\end {itemize}

\end{document}