Practice Distributivity Of Multiplication Over Addition For Rational Numbers (1.2.6)

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Question 1.
Evaluate: 2 × (3 + 4).
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Use the distributive property.
Question 2.
Multiply: -5 × (2 - 3).
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Remember how to distribute with subtraction.
3Question 3.
What does the distributive property state?
- a(b + c) = ac + ab
- a(b + c) = ab - ac
- a(b + c) = ab + ac
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Think about how to distribute the multiplication.
4Question 4.
True or False: The distributive property can be used for subtraction.
- True
- False
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Remember how it calculates with each operation.
Question 5.
Show how the distributive property simplifies the expression: 4(3 + 7) - 2(3 + 7).
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Factor out (3 + 7) using the distributive property.
Question 6.
Evaluate: 5/6 × (2/3 + 4/5). What strategy will you use?
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Make sure to convert into common denominators.

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