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Example 1
Use the Distributive Property to rewrite each expression. Then evaluate.
1. (4 + 5)6 2. 7(13 + 12)
3. 6(6 – 1) 4. (3 + 8)15
5. 14(8 – 5) 6. (9 – 4)19
7. OPERA Aran’s drama class is planning a field trip to see Mozart’s famous opera Don Giovanni.
Tickets cost $39 each, and there are 23 students and 2 teachers going on the field trip.
a. Write an expression to find the group’s total ticket cost.
b. What is the group’s total ticket cost?
8. SALARY In a recent year, the median salary for an engineer in the United States was $55,000
and the median salary for a computer programmer was $52,000.
a. Write an expression to estimate the total cost for a business to employ an engineer and a
programmer for 5 years.
b. Estimate the total cost for a business to employ an engineer and a programmer for
5 years.
9. COSTUMES Isabella’s ballet class is performing a spring recital for which they need butterfly
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costumes. Each butterfly costume is made from 3 yards of fabric.
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a. Write an expression to find the number of yards of fabric needed for 10 costumes.
b. Use the Distributive Property to find the number of yards of fabric needed for 10 costumes.
Show your work. (Hint: A mixed number can be written as the sum of an integer and a
fraction.)
10. REASONING Letisha and Noelle each opened a checking
account, a savings account, and a college fund. The chart shows
the amounts that they deposit into each account every month.
a. Write an expression to find the amount in Letisha’s checking,
savings, and college accounts after 12 months.
b. How much is in Letisha’s checking, savings, and college accounts after 12 months?
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Example 2
Use the Distributive Property to rewrite and evaluate each expression.
11. 7 ∙ 497 12. 6(525)
13. 36 ∙ 3
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4 ( 72 )21
14. 4
15. 5 ∙ 89 16. 9 ∙ 99
17. 15 ∙ 104 ( 31 )
18. 15 2
19. 12 ∙ 98 20. 8 ∙ 1.5
21. 3 ∙ 10.2 ( 51 )
22. 5 4
Examples 3 and 4
Rewrite each expression using the Distributive Property. Then simplify.
23. 2(x + 4) 24. (5 + n)3
25. (4 – 3m)8 26. –3(2x – 6)
27. (2 – 4n)17 28. 11(4d + 6)
29. ( 13 −2 b)27 30. 4(8p + 16q – 7r)
31. 6(2c – cd2 + d) 32. 7(h – 10)
33. 3(m + n) 34. 2(x – y + 1)
35. ( 12 + 6 a)14 36. –2(7m – 8n – 5p)
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37. (0.3 – 6x)9 38. –4(4a + 2b – c)
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Example 5
Simplify each expression. If not possible, write simplified.
39. 13r + 5r 40. 3x3 – 2x2 41. 7m + 7 – 5m
42. 5z2 + 3z + 8z2 43. 7m + 2m + 5p + 4m 44. 6x + 4y + 5x
45. 3m + 5g + 6g + 11m 46. 4a + 5a2 + 2a2 + a2 47. 5k + 3k3 + 7k + 9k3
48. 6x2 + 14x – 9x 49. 17g + g 50. 2x2 + 6x2
51. 7a2 – 2a2 52. 3y2 – 2y + 9 53. 3q2 + q – q2
Example 6
Consider each verbal expression.
a. Write an algebraic expression to represent the verbal expression.
b. Simplify the expression and indicate the properties used.
54. The product of 9 and t squared, increased by 3 times the sum of 2 and t squared
55. The product of 3 and a, plus 5 times the difference of a and b
56. 3 times the sum of r and d squared increased by 2 times the sum of r and d squared
Mixed Exercises
Simplify each expression.
57. 3x + 7(3x + 4) 58. 4(fg + 3g) + 5g 59. 6d + 4(3d + 5)
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60. 2(6x + 4) + 7x 61. 4y3 + 3y3 + y4 62. a + + a
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63. 4(2b – b) 64. 2(n + 2n – 5) 65. 7(2x + y) + 6(x + 5y)
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66. REASONING A theater has m seats per row on the left side of the aisle and n seats per row on
the right side of the aisle. There are r rows of seats.
a. Explain how you can use the Distributive Property to write two different expressions that
represent the total number of seats in the theater.
b. Suppose you double the number of seats in each row on the left side of the aisle. Does this
double the number of seats in the theater? Use one of the expressions you wrote in part a to
justify your answer.
67. FENCES Demonstrate the Distributive Property by writing two equivalent
expressions to represent the perimeter of the fenced dog park.
68. PERSEVERE Use the Distributive Property to simplify 6x2[(3x – 4) + (4x + 2)].
69. FIND THE ERROR Ariana is shipping 8 bags of granola to a customer. Each bag
weighs 22 ounces and the maximum weight she can ship in one box is 10 pounds 5
ounces. She makes the calculations at the right and decides that she can ship the
bags in one box. Do you agree? Explain your reasoning.
70. ANALYZE Determine whether the following statement is true or false. Justify your
argument. The Distributive Property is a property of both addition and
multiplication.
71. WRITE Why is it helpful to represent verbal expressions algebraically?
72. CREATE Write an expression that simplifies to 2a + 14 using the Distributive Property.
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