1. Using the Distributive Property
COURSE 2 LESSON 1-1
At a snack shop, you order a taco that costs $3.10 and a juice that costs $.90. If you buy the same lunch for the next 8 days, what will be the total cost of all of the lunches? Use the distributive property to calculate your total.
8 ($ $ 0.90 ) =
8 ($3) ($0.10) ($ 0.90 ) =
$ $ $7.20 =
$ $8.00 = $32.00
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2. Order of Operations and the Distributive Property
COURSE 2 LESSON 1-9
You have a piece of wallboard with a piece cut from one corner. What is the area of the wallboard?
The length of the missing piece is 5 ft. Its width is 2 ft.
Area of original wallboard
Area of missing piece
Words
Expression –
12 • 4
5 • 2
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3. Order of Operations and the Distributive Property
COURSE 2 LESSON 1-9
(continued)
12 • 4 – 5 • 2 = 48 – 10 Multiply.
= 38 Subtract.
The area of the wallboard is 38 ft2.
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