Name that Property!
3 x 8 = 8 x 3
Commutative
Coach Pace bought 6 boxes of basketball. Each box comes with two basketballs in each. If each basketball cost $4, what is the total cost of the basketballs?
$42
6 x 4 x 2
1 x 4 x 2
8
Break apart this equation
5 x 9
(_ x _ ) + (_x_ ) =
Answers may vary. Solution should be 45
Santa sold 13 of his 21 hats. How many hats does he have left?
He then split his hats between him and Sassy. How many hats do they each get?
He has 8 hats left. They each will get 4 hats.
Name this property and find a solution
Zero Property ; 0
Mrs.Hoven bought 3 boxes of gourmet cookies for her class. Each box has 2 gourmet cookies in it. Each gourmet cookie cost $20. How much total did she spend on the gourmet cookies?
$120
2 x 4 x 8
64
Break apart this equation
8 x 5
(_ x _ ) + (_x_ ) =
40
Rudolph had 20 carrots. He ate 10. How many does he have left?
He gave his carrots to 5 of the other reindeer. How many do they each get?
10 carrots left
2 carrots each
Name the property and find the solution...
7 x (3x4)
Distributive
Micah scored 2 touchdowns in his last 3 games. Each touchdown is worth 7 points. How many total points did he score?
42 points
9 x 2 x 2
36
Break apart this equation
7 x 11
(_ x _ ) + (_x_ ) =
77
Sassy said that if she has 21 chocolate bars she could share them evenly with herself, Jingle, Sprinkle, and Cocoa? Can she do this? Why or Why not?
No, you cannot split 21 divided by four evenly.
What are the two properties shown below...AND how are they different?
2 x (4+8)
2 x (4 x 8)
Distributive property and associative. The top expression comes from breaking apart the factor 12 in 2 x 12. The bottom is three separate factors multiplied together.
Sassy needed to make 19 toy cars each with 4 wheels by the end of the week. Sassy has never taken 3rd grade math and couldn't figure out how to multiply 19 x 4. Solve for her using the distributive property!
76 wheels
8 x 3 x 2
48
Break apart this equation
(_ x _ ) + (_x_ ) =
72
SORRYY
What property can you use to solve?
Solve to find the answer as well!
16 x 4
Distributive
64
The team purchase 7 cases of gatorade. Each case cost $40 dollars. How much total money did they spend?
$280
3 x 9 x 2
54
Break apart this equation
(_ x _ ) + (_x_ ) =
42
The factory needed to inspect 50 toys that each had 6 screws in them. How many total screws is this?
If one screw fell off of each toy, how many total screws would there be?
50 x 6 =300 screws
If one screw fell off, it would be 50 toys with 5 screws on each toy. 5 x 50 =250