The Distributive Property
Students investigate the distributive property of multiplication to break down complex problems.
Key Questions
- Explain how the distributive property can break down complex multiplication into simpler parts.
- Design a strategy to solve a multiplication problem using the distributive property.
- Justify why the distributive property works with different numbers.
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