Distributive Property Fun: Counting with Like Terms

A farmer has 3 fields. Each field has 4 apple trees and 5 orange trees. How many trees does he have in total? Use the distributive property to find the answer.

• 20

• 15

• 24

• 27

Sarah bought 2 packs of markers. Each pack contains 6 red markers and 4 blue markers. How many markers does she have in total?

• 20

• 18

• 16

• 22

A school is organizing a field trip. Each bus can carry 5 students and 3 chaperones. If they have 4 buses, how many people can go on the trip?

• 32

• 28

• 30

• 25

Tom has 7 boxes of chocolates. Each box contains 2 dark chocolates and 3 milk chocolates. How many chocolates does he have in total?

• 30

• 42

• 35

• 28

A bookstore sells 3 types of books: fiction, non-fiction, and comics. If there are 4 fiction books, 5 non-fiction books, and 2 comics in a bundle, how many books are there in total?

• 10

• 12

• 9

• 11

Emily is making gift bags. Each bag contains 2 toys and 3 candies. If she makes 5 bags, how many toys and candies does she use in total?

• 6 toys and 9 candies

• 5 toys and 5 candies

• 8 toys and 12 candies

• 10 toys and 15 candies

A gardener plants 4 rows of flowers. Each row has 3 red flowers and 2 yellow flowers. How many flowers are there in total?

• 15

• 20

• 18

• 22

A pizza shop sells 2 sizes of pizzas. A small pizza has 3 slices of pepperoni and 2 slices of cheese. A large pizza has 5 slices of pepperoni and 4 slices of cheese. If a customer orders 1 small and 1 large pizza, how many slices are there in total?

• 12 slices

• 14 slices

• 16 slices

• 10 slices

Liam is collecting stickers. He has 3 albums. Each album can hold 6 animal stickers and 4 nature stickers. How many stickers can he collect in total?

• 24

• 36

• 18

• 30

A toy store has 5 shelves. Each shelf holds 2 dolls and 3 action figures. How many toys are there in total on all the shelves?

• 30

• 15

• 20

• 25