Distributive Property Check

Distributive Property Check

Distribute the common factor to each term of the addition expression, then find the sum of the resulting products.

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Find the Greatest Common Factor of each term in the addition expression, then rewrite the expression as the product of the GCF and the factored addition expression.

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Find the following products with mental math. Rewrite one of the factors as the sum of two simpler terms. Then use the distributive property to evaluate each expression.

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19. Matt incorrectly used the distributive property to evaluate the following expression. How would you tell Matt to fix his work? Lead him to the correct value of the expression.

20. Laurel incorrectly factored the following expression. How would you tell Laurel to fix her work? Lead her to the correctly factored expression.