Distributive Property
Created for Pre-Algebra by: Alicia Klaassen
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Example 1
3(4 + 2)

Use pictures of rectangles and their areas to model the distributive property for each of the following numerical expressions.
- 2(6 + 4)
- 4(5 + 8)
- (8 + 3)5
- (6 + 9)2
Example 2
2(x + 3)

Use the pictures of algebra tiles and their areas to model the distributive property for each algebraic expression.
- 3(x + 1)
- 2(x + 4)
- (y + 4)5
- (y + 3) 6
- 4(x Ð 2)
- 2(n + 4)