Distributive Property and Factoring Fluency

Match the definition with the term: The largest factor that two or more numbers or terms have in common.

• Like Term
• Greatest Common Factor
• Common Factor
• Term

Find the GCF.
8cd, 20cd

• 4cd
• 8cd
• 4c
• 2cd

Simplify 3(2c - 5)

• 6c + 15
• 6c - 15

Factor   4ab - 2b

• 2b ( 2a - 1)
• 2a ( 2b - 1)
• 2ab (2 - 1)
• b ( 4ab - 2)

Simplify the following expression by applying the distributive property:
6m + 3(2m + 5) + 7

• 12m + 12
• 12m + 22
• 12m + 36
• 8m + 22

Which of the following is equivalent to   
8h +7(2 + 4h)?

• 90h
• 12h + 14
• 50h
• 36h +14

-2 (-2b + 6)

• -4b -12
• -4b +12
• 4b -12
• 4b +12

Re-write the following expression using the distributive property:
(8 x 2) + (8 x 7)

• 8 x 7 + 2
• (2 x 8) + (7)
• (2 x 8)+(2x7)
• 8 (2+7)

Apply the distributive property to write an equivalent expression in factored form: 12s + 18r

• 2(9s + 6r)
• 6(2s + 3r)
• 3(6s + 4r)
• 6(3s + 2r)

The number before a variable is the _____.

• term
• constant
• coefficient
• variable