A toddler has 36 blocks of which 16 are blue and 20 are pink. They want yo sort the blocks so that each group has both colors of blocks. The toddler also wants each group to have an equal number of blue blocks and an equal number of pink blocks. Which answer shows how the toddler should sort the blocks using the GCF and the distributive property of multiplication over addition?

Question

A toddler has 36 blocks of which 16 are blue and 20 are pink. They want yo sort the blocks so that each group has both colors of blocks. The toddler also wants each group to have an equal number of blue blocks and an equal number of pink blocks. Which answer shows how the toddler should sort the blocks using the GCF and the distributive property of multiplication over addition?
A 4(4x5)
B  2(8+10)
C. 1(16+20)
D. 4(4+5)

GPT 3.5 · Answer

The answer that shows how the toddler should sort the blocks using the GCF and the distributive property of multiplication over addition is: D. 4(4+5)