Be The Teacher Activity Distributive Property

Distributive Property

By Steve, Ricky, Riley, Chris, Adrian, and Nathan

Multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number, this will give you the same result as multiplying each addend individually by the number

Definition

What is Distributive Property?

1. Multiply the other terms to inner terms

2. Combine like terms

3. Arrange terms so contains and variables are on opposite sides of the equal signs

4. Solve the equations and simply, if needed.

​Steps To Solve Distributive poperty

Multiple Choice

The cost of 1 waffle is $1 and the cost of 1 pancake is $4. Write a numerical expression showing the cost of buying 5 pancakes and 5 waffles. Then, use the distributive property to find the total.

• $25

• $37

• $19

• $14

Multiple Choice

8(4+3)=A

• A=56

• A=50

• A=89

• A=23

Multiple Choice

3(6-5+4)=A

• A=24

• A=15

• A=53

• A=100

Multiple Choice

4(9-6+3)=A

• A=21

• A=54

• A=2

• A=24