Guided Notes

The Distributive Property

1. Before starting the video answer the following 2 questions as a review.
a. Name the 6 number sets we learned before the winter break
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b. What was the 6 properties we learned of in the last section
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2. The final property we will be learning about is called the Distributive property
of multiplication which is when we distribute __________ over ______ or _______
3. What is the definition of distribute based off the video
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4. So distributive property of multiplication allows us to (based off the video bug
lady)
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5. For an example, another way of writing 5 x 3 using the distributive property is
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a. Spreading the multiplication out on this problem will give us the values
__ x __ = __ and __ x __ = __ added together will give us _______
6. To show how this can make certain problems easier, let us take the example
6 x 99
a. We can split 99 into ____ - ____ then multiply both numbers by ____, and
finally we can ________ each of these numbers and we will get the
number ______ as an answer.
b. Rewriting this as a math person we write it as
_________________________. We had to wrap the values that we split with
a set of _______________
c. Finish the problem in the video (show steps)

7. If we had an algebraic problem such as 4(2y + 5) using the distributive

property, we can simplify it. Simplify (show steps and make additional
notes of the process)

8. Use the distributive property of multiplication to multiply 4 x 365, and solve

(show steps and make additional notes of the process)