Distributive Property and the Area of Rectangles

The video tutorial explains how to calculate the area of a rectangle with a length of 15 inches and a width of 6 inches. It demonstrates breaking the rectangle into two smaller rectangles with lengths of 8 and 7 inches, respectively, to simplify the calculation using a multiplication table. The tutorial also introduces the distributive property of multiplication to find the total area. By adding the areas of the smaller rectangles, the total area of the original rectangle is determined to be 90 square inches.

What is the formula used to calculate the area of a rectangle?

• Length plus width

• Length minus width

• Length divided by width

• Length times width

Why can't the basic multiplication table be used directly to find the area of the rectangle in this problem?

• The table only goes up to 9

• The table only goes up to 12

• The table only goes up to 5

• The table only goes up to 10

How is the original rectangle divided to simplify the area calculation?

• Into three smaller rectangles

• Into two smaller rectangles

• Into four smaller rectangles

• Into five smaller rectangles

What is the area of the first smaller rectangle with a length of 8 inches and a width of 6 inches?

• 56 square inches

• 54 square inches

• 48 square inches

• 42 square inches

How does the distributive property help in calculating the area of the rectangle?

• By adding the lengths and widths

• By subtracting the lengths and widths

• By multiplying the lengths and widths separately

• By breaking down the multiplication into smaller parts