Distributive Property
Show one way you could use the distributive property to rewrite this problem: 3x(60)
(3x10)+(3x10)+(3x10)+(3x10)+(3x10)+(3x10)
OR
(3x30)+(3x30)
OR
Any other combination that adds to be 60
What is 2x20?
2x20=40
(2x2=4 and add the 0)
Jake and Sasha went to the grocery store. They spent 20 dollars on 5 loaves of bread. How much money did each loaf of bread cost? Use a star to represent the missing part and solve.
5 x STAR=20
STAR= 4 dollars
Ms. Moran and Mrs. Fenzl's classes fundraised $80. Each student donated $4. How many students were at the fundraiser?
20
4x20=80
Use the distributive problem to solve the following equation: 2x (10+10+10) =
(2x10) + (2x10) + (2x10) = 20+20+20 = 60
4x30=
4x30=120
(4x3=12 and add the zero)
Write an equation to go with this problem: Bella and Nate went to the candy store. They spent 40 dollars on 5 candy bars. How much did each candy bar cost?
STAR x5=40
STAR=$8
450=9x50 What are the factors and product of this equation?
Factors: 9 and 50
Product: 450
Which one of these does NOT equal 5x50: a) 5x (10+10+10+10+10)
b) 5x (25+25)
c) (30+20)x5
d) (30+10)x5
D
6x70=
6x70=420
Two friends have jobs at the mall. Nico works 40 hours a week and makes 6 dollars per hour. Liam works 30 hours a week and makes 7 dollars per hour. Who earns more money? How much more do they earn?
Nico
6x40=240
7x30=210
240-210=30 more hours
Josh's scout troop made granola bars and put each bar in a plastic bag. They needed 6 boxes of plastic bags to wrap all the the bars. Each box has 60 plastic bags. How many granola bars did Josh's scout troop make?
6x60=360
Samantha bought 8 apples for 50 cents each. How much did she spend? Write an equation using the distributive property to solve the problem.
8x(20+30), Answer: 400
OR
Check with Ms. Moran
90x8=
90x8=720
Stella needs 36 cookies for a cookie exchange. There are 4 cookies in each package. How many packages of cookies does Stella need to buy?
px4=36
Stella needs 9 packages of cookies.
9x4=36
Describe the pattern: 24, 27, 30, 33
Multiply by 3
Samantha bought 7 apples for 40 cents each. She decided to return one apple. Solve this problem using the distributive property in at least 2 different ways!
7x(20+20)=280
&
7x(30+10)=280
11x10=
11x10=110
(Think: 11x1=11 and add the zero)
Rowan has 5 pages of stamps in an album. If he has 50 stamps, how many stamps does he have in all?
5x50=250
Describe the pattern and write the next two numbers in the sequence:
28, 35, 42, ____, ____
Multiply by 7
28, 35, 42, 49, 56