In this video, we are going to learn how to ‘unlock’ terms in parenthesis using the distributive property
- We will go over why the distributive property works by solving an example with numbers using order of operations and then the distributive property.
- We practice examples of using the distributive property
- We go over what to do if there is a plus or a minus sign in front of the parenthesis
- We discover why the distributive property works using rectangles and area
- We list the steps in how to use the distributive property to multiply larger numbers in your head
- We practice multiplying numbers using the distributive property
- We do an example of using the distributive property to simplify an expression