IXL | Use the distributive property to multiply by 3, 4, or 5

Multiply:

Now multiply the following, using your answers from above and the distributive property of multiplication:

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Multiply:

Now multiply the following, using your answers from above and the distributive property of multiplication:

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The distributive property of multiplication says that a multiplication fact can be broken up into the sum of two other multiplication facts. For example:

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Multiply

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and use the distributive property of multiplication.

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Apply the distributive property

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Apply the distributive property

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Lesson: The distributive property

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O.4Multiply 3 by numbers up to 10

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O.6Multiply 5 by numbers up to 10

Lesson: The distributive property

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