Question

you are shopping for school clothes, you want to buy 4 pairs of pants that cost $24.10 each. use the distributive property to mentally calculate the total cost of the pants.

a. 48.20
b. 96.40
c. 24.10
d. 72.30

Answer 1

Using the distributive property, you take the number of jeans and multiply it by cost.
4(24.1)= 96.40

Answer B

Answer 2

Split up the cost of the pants into 24+.10 to make mental calculations easier. Then, using the distributive property, multiply the cost of the jeans by the number of jeans.
4(24+.10)
=4*24+4*.10
=96+.40
=96.40

Answer 3

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