Distributive Property
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Warm Up
Evaluate.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. JOBS Ravi earned on Monday and twice as
much on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he spent
half of the money he earned on Monday and
Tuesday. How much money did he have left?
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Warm Up
Evaluate.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. JOBS Ravi earned on Monday and twice as
much on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he spent
half of the money he earned on Monday and
Tuesday. How much money did he have left?
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Standards for Mathematical Content
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Identify parts of an expression, such as terms, factors,
and coefficients.
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Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to
rewrite it.
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Standards for Mathematical Practice
MP1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP7
Look for and make use of structure.
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Lesson Goals
• Use the Distributive Property to evaluate expressions.
• Use the Distributive Property to simplify expressions.
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Distributive Property with Numerical Expressions
The expressions and are equivalent expressions because
they have the same value, . This concept shows how the
Distributive Property combines addition and multiplication.
Multiplying a number by a sum of numbers is the same as
doing each multiplication separately and then adding the
products.
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Distributive Property with Numerical Expressions
Key Concept: Distributive Property
Symbols For any numbers a, b, and c,
and and
and .
Examples
The Symmetric Property of Equality allows the Distributive Property to
also be written in the reverse order
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Distributive Property with Numerical Expressions
Think About It!
If , then what does equal?
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
SHOPPING Assume that high school
students spend an average of $180 on
back-to-school shopping during the
months of June to September. Write an
expression to represent the amount of
money spent in August if the amount of
money spent in August is equal to the
amount of money spent in July minus the
amount of money spent in June. Evaluate
your expression using the Distributive
Property.
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Think About It!
Write an expression for the amount spent on back-to-
school shopping in June and September. Then evaluate
the expression.
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Check
SWIMMING Verdell’s swim team practices 5 days a week. Each day
they spend 15 minutes stretching, 45 minutes swimming laps, and 30
minutes lifting weights.
Part A Which expression(s) represent the number of minutes
Verdell’s team spends in practice each week?
Part B How much time does Verdell’s team spend in practice each
week?
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Check
SWIMMING Verdell’s swim team practices days a week. Each day
they spend 15 minutes stretching, minutes swimming laps, and
minutes lifting weights.
Part A Which expression(s) represent the number of minutes
Verdell’s team spends in practice each week?
Select all that apply. _____
A. B.
C. D.
E.
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Check
Part B How much time does Verdell’s team spend in practice
each week? ____
A. 90 minutes B. 150 minutes
C. 330 minutes D. 450 minutes
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Check
SWIMMING Verdell’s swim team practices days a week. Each day
they spend minutes stretching, minutes swimming laps, and
minutes lifting weights.
Part A Which expression(s) represent the number of minutes
Verdell’s team spends in practice each week?
A, C
Select all that apply. _____
A. B.
C. D.
E.
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Apply Example 1
Use the Distributive Property
Check
Part B How much time does Verdell’s team spend in practice
D
each week? ____
A. 90 minutes B. 150 minutes
C. 330 minutes D. 450 minutes
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Example 2
Mental Math
Use the Distributive Property to rewrite and evaluate
each expression.
a.
b.
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Example 2
Mental Math
a.
Think:
Distributive Property
Multiply.
Subtract.
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Example 2
Mental Math
b.
Think:
Distributive Property
Multiply.
Add.
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Example 2
Mental Math
Think About It!
How can you use the Distributive Property to rewrite and
evaluate the expression ?
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Example 2
Mental Math
Check
Part A Estimate the value of the expression .
, so will be a little ____ than .
Part B Which expression(s) use(s) the Distributive Property to rewrite
and find the exact value of the expression )? _____
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
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Example 2
Mental Math
Check
Part A Estimate the value of the expression .
, 50
so will be a little than . more
Part B Which expression(s) use(s) the Distributive Property to rewrite
and find the exact value of the expression )? B,E
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
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Distributive Property with Algebraic Expressions
The coefficient is the numerical factor of a term.
Like terms are terms with the same variables, with corresponding
variables having the same exponent.
An expression is in simplest form when it is replaced by an equivalent
expression having no like terms or parentheses.
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Distributive Property with Algebraic Expressions
The Distributive Property and the properties of equality can be used to
show that . In this expression, and are like terms.
Distributive Property
Substitution
The expressions and are called equivalent expressions because
they represent the same value for any value of the variable.
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Example 3
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Left
Rewrite using the Distributive Property. Then
simplify.
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Example 3
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Left
Distributive Property
Multiply.
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Example 3
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Left
Check
Simplify the expression. ____
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Example 3
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Left
Check
A
Simplify the expression. ____
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Example 4
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Right
Rewrite using the Distributive Property.
Then simplify.
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Example 4
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Right
Distributive Property
Multiply.
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Example 4
Distribute an Algebraic Expression from the Right
Think About It!
Emilio says you can add and to get . Do you agree or
disagree? Justify your answer.
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Example 5
Combine Like Terms
Simplify each expression.
a.
b.
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Example 5
Combine Like Terms
Simplify each expression.
a.
Distributive Property
Substitution
b.
Distributive Property
Substitution
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Example 5
Combine Like Terms
Think About It!
What are the like terms in part a and part b?
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Example 5
Combine Like Terms
Check
Simplify the expression. If not possible, choose simplified.
A.
B.
C.
D. simplified
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Example 5
Combine Like Terms
Check
Simplify the expression. If not possible, choose simplified. D
A.
B.
C.
D. simplified
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Part A Complete the table to write an algebraic expression
for three times the sum of and decreased by twice
the difference of and .
Part B Simplify the expression and indicate the properties
used.
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Part A Complete the table to write an algebraic expression
for three times the sum of and decreased by twice
the difference of and .
Words three times the decreased twice the difference
sum of and by of and
Expression
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Part B Simplify the expression and indicate the properties
used.
Distributive Property
Multiply.
Commutative ()
Distributive Property
Simplify.
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Think About It!
Caitlyn is using the Distributive Property to simplify . She got . Do
you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Check
Which expressions are equivalent to 4 times the sum of 2 times
and 6? Write each expression in the appropriate box.
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Equivalent Not Equivalent
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Example 6
Write and Simplify Expressions
Check
Which expressions are equivalent to 4 times the sum of 2 times
and 6? Write each expression in the appropriate box.
• •
• •
• •
Equivalent Not Equivalent
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Exit Ticket
Use the steps below to prove that the sum of two even numbers
is an even number.
Let 2m represent one __________.
Let 2n represent another __________.
Write the sum of the numbers: __________.
Rewrite the expression by using the Distributive Property:
__________.
How does this prove your conjecture?
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Exit Ticket
Use the steps below to prove that the sum of two even numbers
is an even number.
Let 2m represent one even number.
Let 2n represent another even number.
Write the sum of the numbers: .
Rewrite the expression by using the Distributive Property: .
How does this prove your conjecture?
Since is an even number, the sum of two even numbers is an even
number.
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