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Lars bought 3 jars of marbles. Each jar has 42 marbles, of which 1/3 are red. Lars can use the calculation below to find the total number of red marbles.

3×(13×42)

How can Lars simplify the calculation using the associative property of multiplication?

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User Shirl
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3 ×( 13 × 42 ) = (3 × 13)×42. ASSOCIATIVE PROPERTY OF MULT.
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User Jimmu
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