Question

Answer the questions below about Line 1 and Line 2 shown
below.

4⋅(8−5)
4⋅8−4⋅5
Answer

The expression was rewritten using the
.
4 ⋅ (8 − 5) equals 4⋅ blank which equals
.
4 ⋅ 8 − 4 ⋅ 5 equals blank − blank which equals blank.

Answer 1

4⋅(8−5) equals 4⋅ blank which equals blank.

Answer 2

The expression was rewritten using the distributive property.
4 ⋅ (8 − 5) equals 4⋅ 8 − 4 which equals 32 − 4 which equals 28.
4 ⋅ 8 − 4 ⋅ 5 equals 32 − 20 which equals 12.

Answer 3

4⋅(8−5) equals 4⋅3 which equals 12.