GCF & Distributive Property

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What is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)?

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The GCF of two or more numbers is the largest number that divides all of them without leaving a remainder.

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How do you find the GCF of 24 and 56?

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List the factors of each number: Factors of 24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24; Factors of 56: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56. The GCF is 8.

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a number by a sum by distributing the multiplication.

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

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Use the distributive property to simplify: 5(2 + 3)

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5(2 + 3) = 5*2 + 5*3 = 10 + 15 = 25.

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

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Find the equivalent expression for: 24 + 30 using GCF.

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The GCF of 24 and 30 is 6. So, 24 + 30 = 6(4 + 5).

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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What is the product of 0.5 and 3.5?

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0.5 * 3.5 = 1.75.

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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If 10 + 20 = 10(1 + __), what is the missing number?

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The missing number is 2, because 10 + 20 = 10(1 + 2).

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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How do you calculate how much farther one person rode than another?

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Subtract the shorter distance from the longer distance. For example, Johnny rode 8.1 miles and Alexis rode 4.5 miles. 8.1 - 4.5 = 3.6 miles.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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What is the GCF of 12 and 18?

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The GCF of 12 and 18 is 6.

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Use the distributive property to solve: 3(4 + 5)

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3(4 + 5) = 3*4 + 3*5 = 12 + 15 = 27.

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5