What is a distributive property?

Distributive property - lets you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products.

The distributive property tells us how to solve equations in the form of a (b + c). The distributive property is sometimes called the distributive law of multiplication and division. Normally when we see an equation like this ... 4 (8+3) distributive property format 4 (8+3) - > 4 (11) - > 44 we just evaluate what’s in the parentheses first, then solve it: 4 (8+3) = 4x8 + 4x3=44 These are the 2 methods