Distributive Property

What is the distributive property?

• For any numbers a, b, c,

  a(b + c) = ab + ac

• For any numbers a, b, and c,

  a(b + c) = a + (b + c)

• For any numbers a, b, c,

  abc = a + b + c

• For any number a, b, and c,

  a(b + c ) = a(c + b)

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

How can 4(3 +9) be expressed using the distributive property?

• 4(3) + 4(4 + 9)

• 4(3) + 4(9)

• 4 + 9 = 9 + 4

• (4 + 3) x (4 + 9)

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

2(c - 8)

• 2c - 16
• 2c + 16
• 2c - 8
• c - 16

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

3(2c - 5)

• 6c - 15
• 6c + 15
• 6c + 15
• -6c - 15

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

What is the simplified version of this expression?  $9\left(-5x+8\right)$  

•  $45x-72$  

•  $45x+72$  

•  $-45x-72$  

•  $-45x+72$  

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

• -24x+36
• 24x+36
• -24x+32
• 24x-32

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

-9(2g - 3)

• 18g + 27
• -18g + 27
• -18g - 27
• 18g - 27

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

-7(w - 4) + 3w - 27

• 4w + 15
• -4w + 1

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

6(x + 1) - 5(x + 2)

• 2x + 8
• x - 4

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

2(4 + 9w) 

• 8+9w
• 2+9
• 8+18w
• 2+9w

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3