How Can You Distribute Numbers When You're Adding and Multiplying?

How Can You Distribute Numbers When You're Adding and Multiplying?

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You can use the distributive property to help you add and multiply numbers! Follow along with this tutorial to see the uses of the distributive property.

Keywords:

  • definition
  • concept
  • distributive
  • property
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • introduction

Background Tutorials

  • Evaluating Expressions

      • What's the Order of Operations?What's the Order of Operations?

      What's the Order of Operations?

      Check out this tutorial where you'll see exactly what order you need to follow when you simplify expressions. You'll also see what happens when you don't follow these rules, and you'll find out why order of operations is so important!

  • Multiplying Integers

      • What is Multiplication?What is Multiplication?

      What is Multiplication?

      Multiplying integers is just like performing a bunch of additions of the same integer! Check out this tutorial and see how much multiplying and repeated addition have in common.

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