which of the following statements shows the halving and doubling strategy to find 28*50

a. 28*50=14*100
b. 28*50= (14*25)*(14*25)
c. 28*50= (20*50)+(8*50)
d. 28*50= 2*(14*25)

1 answer

clearly a)

you halved one factor and doubled the other.

b) and d) are sheer nonsense
c) is true but shows the distributive propery