Question

fred has 4 problems for homework. the first problem is 32x23. fred's teacher wants the class to use distributive property to show their work. using the distributive property, how can fred find the product?

Answer 1

Fred can change the equation into something along the lines of
`(16 + 16) * (11 + 12)` and use distribution (FOIL) to solve the problem. The numbers chosen were arbitrarily chosen and can be any sum that is equalivalent to the numbers given in the original expression.