Name:_______________

Partner Name:_________

Distributive Property Practice

Directions: In this activity you will be working with a partner. Each of you will use each
array to given and will have to decide to break down the rows or the columns. You will
then show how you broke the factor apart in the second array shown. Tip: Break apart
the harder factor to make the problem easier to multiply. An example is done below.

1 2
_3_

_4_ (3 x 2) + (3 x 2) =12

1 2
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___ ( x ) + ( x )=

1 2
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___ ( x ) +( x )=
1 2
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___ ( x ) +( x )=
1 2

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___ ( x )+( x )=
1 2
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___ ( x ) + ( x )=
1 2

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___ ( x ) +( x )=