Question

Cassie has 8 red marbles and 12 yellow marbles. Her mom doubles her red and yellow marbles. Use the distributive property to show how many marbles Cassie has.

Answer 1

(8+12) x 2 = 40
You add the yellow and the red marbles then multiply that answer by two

Answer 2

Cassie has 40 marbles, 16 red marbles and 24 yellow marbles

Explanation:

If Cassie has 8 red marbles and 12 yellow marbles and they are doubled. We can calculate the total amount of marbles cassie has.

[tex]=2\cdot{8}+2\cdot{12}=16+24=40{/tex]

Cassie has 40 marbles, 16 red marbles and 24 yellow marbles