Question

One way to show that you understand the distributive property is to multiply a number by a sum or difference. (I called this the classic distributive property.)

The numbers in the blanks to show the distributive property for

4 ( 7 - 9 )

Answer 1

The distributive property of multiplication over addition can be used when you multiply a number by a sum. For example, suppose you want to multiply 3 by the sum of 10 + 2. 3(10 + 2) = ? According to this property, you can add the numbers and then multiply by 3.