Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario: Your Math class has 32 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 5 cookies. Which expression would be a quick way to figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

A.) 5(32 + 2)

B.) 5(30 + 2)

C.) 5(32 − 2)

D.) 5(30 − 2)

Question

Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario: Your Math class has 32 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 5 cookies. Which expression would be a quick way to figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

A.) 5(32 + 2)

B.) 5(30 + 2)

C.) 5(32 − 2)

D.) 5(30 − 2)

anonymous · Answer

This problem is so dumb. no wonder people hate math.

anonymous · Answer

It is asking you to find the expression that has the number 32 inside the parantheses

anonymous · Answer

So add add the numbers inside ( ) for all of them until you find the one that gets you 32

anonymous · Answer

hahaha Romero ;p
and the answer is B

anonymous · Answer

Why can't you just multiply 5 times 32 to find out how many cookies you need? Dumb question.