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Distributive Property
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October
100

Solve:

76 + x = 100

x = 24

100

Use the distributive property to simplify:

3(x + 4)

3x + 12

100

Evaluate 32.

9

100

The square root of 100

What is 10?

100

This is the 2nd largest commercial holiday in the US. In 2019, consumers spent about $9 billion on this holiday.

What is Halloween?

200

Solve:

4w = 48

w = 12

200

Use the distributive property to simplify:

4(5x - 1)

20x - 4

200

Evaluate 33 - 42.

11

200

The square root of 9

What is 3?

200

This state produces 5 times more pumpkins (500 million pounds annually) than any other state.

What is Illinois?

300

Evaluate:

w/6 = 12



w = 72

300

Use the distributive property to simplify:

12(2x-5)

24x-60

300

Evaluate 6x3 if x = 3.

162

300

The square root of 81

What is 9?

300

This Halloween tradition originally came from Ireland, where they carved turnips, potatoes and beets instead of pumpkins.

What are Jack-'O-Lanterns?

400

Evaluate.

3x + 14 = 8

x = 2

400

Use the distributive property to simplify:

2(3x + 4) + 3(5x + 7)

21x + 29

400

Evaluate

2w2 + 5w

if w = 4.

52

400

The square root of 20 is between these two numbers

What are 4 and 5?

400

This popular candy first sold in the 1880s was originally called "chicken feed" and sold in a box with a rooster on the front.

What is Candy Corn?

500

Evaluate:

14 + 3x = -64

x = -26

500

Use the distributive property to simplify:

7(x + 3) - 9(2x + 5)

7x + 21 - 18x - 45

-11x - 24

500

Evaluate.

32 x (16 - 23 + 1) 

81

500

The square root of 130 is between these two numbers.

What are 11 and 12?

500

This Halloween themed song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962 and appeared on the charts again in 1973. You might say it was a "graveyard smash!" (State the song title in a question format.)

What is the "Monster Mash?"