Distributive Property and Factoring, Combining Like Terms

Rewrite the product as a sum using the distributive property:

5(a + 6)?

• 5a + 6

• a + 30

• 5a + 30

• 5a - 30

Rewrite the product as a difference using the distributive property:

2(c - 8)

• 2c - 16

• 2c + 16

• 2c - 8

• c - 16

Rewrite the sum as a product by factoring and using the GCF:

16ab + 24b?

• 8b(2a + 3)

• 8ab(2 + 3)

• 8a(2b + 3)

• 8(2a + 3b)

Simplify the following expression using the distributive property & combining like terms:

9x + 5(x + 3)

• 9x + 15

• 45x + 27

• 14x + 42

• 14x + 15

Use the distributive property and then combine like terms to simplify this expression: -2 (2x + 3) + 2 (x - 5)

• 4x + 16

• -6x - 4

• 2x + 4

• -2x - 16

Which of the following is equivalent to -8 - 9(5 + 2x)?

• -5 - 2x

• -18x - 53

• -53 + 18x

• 18x - 53

-4(k - 7)

• -4k + 28

• -4k - 28

• 4k + 28

• 4k - 28

Which of the following is equivalent to 5(2x + 6)?

• 10x + 30

• 10x + 6

• 40x

• 2x + 30

Which of the following is equivalent to

8(5f - 7) + 3f ?

• 43f - 7

• -13f

• 43f - 56

• 40f - 7 + 3f

Which of the following is equivalent to 3h +7(2 + 4h)?

• 3h + 14 + 4h

• 7h + 14

• 20h + 40

• 31h + 14