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

Question

6, dot, 3
6⋅3
3, dot, 6
3⋅6
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 2

The expression was rewritten using the
.
6, dot, 36⋅3 means
plus+
plus+
plus+
plus+
plus+
which equals
.
3, dot, 63⋅6 means
plus+
plus+
which equals
.

Answer 1

Let's break down the expressions in Line 1 and Line 2.

Line 1: \(6 \cdot 3\)

This expression means that you are adding \(6\) a total of \(3\) times (or vice versa).

So we can express it with addition as:

\[ 6 + 6 + 6 = 18. \]

Thus, rewritten, \(6 \cdot 3\) means:

\[ 6 + 6 + 6 = 18. \]

Line 2: \(3 \cdot 6\)

Similarly, this expression means that you are adding \(3\) a total of \(6\) times.

So we can express it with addition as:

\[ 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 18. \]

Thus, rewritten, \(3 \cdot 6\) means:

\[ 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 18. \]

Answers

1. The expression was rewritten using the distributive property (or understood as repeated addition).
2. \(6 \cdot 3\) means \(6 + 6 + 6\), which equals 18.
3. \(3 \cdot 6\) means \(3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3\), which equals 18.