Distributive Property Break Apart

What is the distributive property?

• Breaking apart addition problems to find the sum

• Breaking apart multiplication problems to find the product

• Breaking apart pieces of play dough to help solve multiplication problems

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

Why do we use the distributive property?

• To make math more challenging

• To make more work while solving multiplication problems

• To help make large multiplication problems easier to solve

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CCSS.7.NS.A.2C

How could the distributive property be used to solve 9x5?

• (9x9) + (9x5)

• (4x5) + (5x5)

• (10+ 9) - (5x9)

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

How could the distributive property be used to solve 3x9?

• (3x6) +(3x3)

• (9x3) + (9x3)

• (3x3) + (9x5)

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

How is this array broken apart?

• (2x8) + (2x8)

• (2x3) + (2x3)

• (2x4) + (4x5)

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CCSS.2.OA.C.4