Distributive Property

Created for Pre-Algebra by: Alicia Klaassen

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Benjamin Franklin

 

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Example 1

3(4 + 2)

Distributive Property Representation with Tiles

 

Use pictures of rectangles and their areas to model the distributive property for each of the following numerical expressions.

  1. 2(6 + 4)
  2. 4(5 + 8)
  3. (8 + 3)5
  4. (6 + 9)2

 

Example 2

2(x + 3)

Distributive property representation with tiles

Use the pictures of algebra tiles and their areas to model the distributive property for each algebraic expression.

  1. 3(x + 1)
  2. 2(x + 4)
  3. (y + 4)5
  4. (y + 3) 6
  5. 4(x Ð 2)
  6. 2(n + 4)

 

 

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