Factoring / Distributive Property Worksheet

Use the distributive property to simplify the expressions.

1 a. 4(11v + 3 + 8b) 1 b. 6(9q + 2 + 5k)

2 a. 7(7t + 2 + 5k) 2 b. 8(11y + p)

3 a. 2(4 + 9k) 3 b. 6(4 + 7w)

4 a. 9(5n + 5a + 6) 4 b. 4(9 + 8t)

5 a. 2(8t + 9x + 11) 5 b. 5(3b + d)

6 a. 2(5n + 2) 6 b. 9(3r + v)

7 a. 11(9y + 4q + 7) 7 b. 8(8q + 5 + 12c)

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1 a. 44v + 12 + 32b 1 b. 54q + 12 + 30k

2 a. 49t + 14 + 35k 2 b. 88y + 8p

3 a. 8 + 18k 3 b. 24 + 42w

4 a. 45n + 45a + 54 4 b. 36 + 32t

5 a. 16t + 18x + 22 5 b. 15b + 5d

6 a. 10n + 4 6 b. 27r + 9v

7 a. 99y + 44q + 77 7 b. 64q + 40 + 96c

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Use the distributive property to simplify the expressions.

1 a. –3(4x + 7) 1 b. 6(10 – r)

2 a. –2(5 + 4n) 2 b. 2(11 + 3m)

3 a. 5(–4 – 3s) 3 b. 6(2 + 9k)

 4 a. –8(–3 – 5u) 4 b. –(3 – 7s)

5 a. 10(–3 + 4c) 5 b. 10(–4g + 5)

6 a. 9(8m + u) 6 b. 4(–9m – r)

7 a. –2(–1 – 5c) 7 b. 6(–9d + 5)

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1 a. –12x – 21 1 b. 60 – 6r

2 a. –10 – 8n 2 b. 22 + 6m

3 a. –20 – 15s 3 b. 12 + 54k

4 a. 24 + 40u 4 b. –3 + 7s

5 a. –30 + 40c 5 b. –40g + 50

6 a. 72m + 9u 6 b. –36m – 4r

7 a. 2 + 10c 7 b. –54d + 30

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Use the distributive property to simplify the expressions.

1 a. –9(11 + 8a) 1 b. 12(–1 – 3r)

2 a. 4(–2n + c) 2 b. 7(5n – 9y – 2)

3 a. 11(–9t + 2 + 5z) 3 b. 12(11w + 12 – c)

4 a. –3(9 + 2u) 4 b. 9(4z + m)

5 a. 10(–4m – 1 – 7n) 5 b. 4(10 – 9q)

6 a. –5(2 + 3d) 6 b. 4(–7v – 8u + 8)

7 a. –5(–7 + 10x) 7 b. 11(3 + 11c)

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1 a. –99 – 72a 1 b. –12 – 36r

2 a. –8n + 4c 2 b. 35n – 63y – 14

3 a. –99t + 22 + 55z 3 b. 132w + 144 – 12c

4 a. –27 – 6u 4 b. 36z + 9m

5 a. –40m – 10 – 70n 5 b. 40 – 36q

6 a. –10 – 15d 6 b. –28v – 32u + 32

7 a. 35 – 50x 7 b. 33 + 121c

Find the greatest common factor of the following numbers.

1 a. 24, 72 1 b. 60, 30

2 a. 69, 84 2 b. 68, 24

3 a. 35, 70 3 b. 21, 63

4 a. 40, 76 4 b. 60, 30

5 a. 55, 88 5 b. 56, 80
 6 a. 90, 30 6 b. 81, 72

7 a. 96, 27 7 b. 72, 48

8 a. 52, 91 8 b. 52, 91

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1 a. 24 1 b. 30

2 a. 3 2 b. 4

3 a. 35 3 b. 21

4 a. 4 4 b. 30

5 a. 11 5 b. 8

6 a. 30 6 b. 9

7 a. 3 7 b. 24

8 a. 13 8 b. 13
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