Distributive Property

Distributive Property

by Jill Carrabus

Multiple Select

What do we already know about multiplication and properties?

Let's take a look!

• The Commutative Property

  7x8=8x7

• The Zero Property

  8x0=0

• The Identity Property

  12x1=12

• The Goose Property

  SQUAWK!

Poll

True or False? You can break apart a large multiplication equation into 2 smaller ones?

• True

• False

• Not sure!

• How?

​TRUE!

​You can split a large multiplication equation into two smaller ones by using addition and multiplication! This is called the Distributive Property!

​The Distributive Property

​Look at the 4 x 5 array... I can draw a horizontal or vertical line to separate into 2 smaller arrays.

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​Let's come up with another way to split!