ISEE Middle Level Math : How to find the distributive property

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Example Questions

Example Question #31 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve the equation:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the distributive property.

Order of operations means that the multiplication must come first.

Then, solve the equation: 

Answer: 

 

 

Example Question #32 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve the equation:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the distributive property.

Order of operations means that the multiplication must come first.

Then, solve the equation: 

Answer: 

Example Question #33 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the distributive property, multiply  times each of the numbers in parenthesis then add.

The answer is

Alternatively, add the two terms inside the parentheses and then multiply the sum by :

Example Question #34 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the distributive property, multiply 12 by each of the numbers is parentheses:

 

Add the products to find the answer:

 

The answer is 

Example Question #35 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve using the distributive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Multiply each numbers inside the parenthesis by 5:

Then add the products:

Answer:

Example Question #36 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve using the distributive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Multiply each numbers inside the parenthesis by 4:

Then add the products:

Answer: 

Example Question #37 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve using the distributive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Multiply each numbers inside the parenthesis by 9:

Then, solve in parenthesis:

Answer: 

Example Question #38 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve using the distributive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Multiply each numbers inside the parenthesis by 7:

Then, add the products:

Answer: 

Example Question #39 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve the equation:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the distributive property to multiply each term in parentheses by the term ouside of the parentheses. Multiply each number in parenthesis by :

Then solve:

Another way to solve is to sum the terms in parentheses, then multiply.

Answer:

Example Question #40 : How To Find The Distributive Property

Solve using the distrbutive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:
Use the distributive property to multiply each term in parentheses by the term ouside of the parentheses. Multiply each number in parenthesis by :

Then solve: 

Another way to solve is to sum the terms in parentheses, then multiply.

Answer: 

 

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