What's the distributive property for 16+48

(10+40) + (6+8) = distributive property for 16+48

The distributive property is when you have, for example, 2 (1+3), and you multiply the 2 by both terms and add them together. so 2 (1+3) = 2 (1) + 2 (3) = 2 + 6 = 8.

so with 16 + 48, to show the distributive property, you could divide by any common factor of 16 and 48. some correct ways to do this are:

16 + 48 = 2 (8 + 24)

16 + 48 = 4 (4 + 12)

16 + 48 = 8 (2 + 6)

16 + 48 = 16 (1 + 3)

you're just dividing 16 and 48 by the outside term to get the 2 numbers in the ()