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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TEKS.MATH.6.7D

How can you express 11 x 7 using the distributive property?

• 7 x 11

• (11 x 1) + (3 x 4)

• 11 x (3 x 4)

• 11(3) + 11(4)

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

How can 5(3 +2) be expressed using the distributive property?

• 5(3) x 5(2)

• (5 x 3) x (5 x 2)

• 5(3) + 5(2)

• (5 + 3) x (5+2)

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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

(x - 6)4

• 24 - 4x
• 4x - 6
• x - 24
• 4x - 24

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

2(4x - 7)

• 8x + -14

• 8x-7

• 6x+7

• 8x+14

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

-4(-4d + 5)

• -16d+20

• 16+20

• 16d+ -20

• 16s-20

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

-4(k - 7)

• -4k + 28
• -4k - 28
• 4k + 28
• 4k - 28

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3