Understanding the Distributive Property of Multiplication

What does the distributive property of multiplication allow you to do with a factor?

• Break it up and multiply each part separately

• Subtract it from another factor

• Add it to another factor

• Divide it by another factor

In the example of 6 times 4, how is the number 4 distributed?

• As 2 plus 2

• As 1 plus 3

• As 4 plus 0

• As 3 plus 1

When using the distributive property, what do you do after finding the product of each part?

• Divide the products

• Subtract the products

• Multiply the products

• Add the products

In the example of 7 times 6, into which two numbers is 6 broken?

• 3 and 3

• 5 and 1

• 6 and 0

• 2 and 4

What is the final result of applying the distributive property to the equation 7 times 6?

• 36

• 42

• 54

• 48