Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario: Your English class has 23 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 3 cookies. Which expression would be a quick way to figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

How do i do this one @waterineyes ??

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Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario: Your English class has 23 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 3 cookies. Which expression would be a quick way to figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

How do i do this one @waterineyes ??

anonymous · Answer

See, suppose you have 3 friends..

You want to give 3 chocolates to them how many chocolates you require??

anonymous · Answer

23x3

gabylovesyou · Answer

9 @waterineyes

gabylovesyou · Answer

@kayble and using distributive property?

anonymous · Answer

@kayble it is 23*3 but we have to use distributive property here..

anonymous · Answer

Then we have to change the question

anonymous · Answer

@Gabylovesyou you are right..

For 23 students requiring 3 cookies how many cookies you need to bake?? @Gabylovesyou

gabylovesyou · Answer

is it 3(20 + 3)

gabylovesyou · Answer

69

anonymous · Answer

Yes you are right..

gabylovesyou · Answer

so i put 3(20 + 3) ???? :)

anonymous · Answer

See, it is $3 \times 23$

But we have to use distributive property here..

So you know 23 can be written as (20+3)

So it becomes:

$$3 \times (20+3) \implies 3(20 + 3)$$

gabylovesyou · Answer

ohhhhh ok!! Thank you soooooo much!! :)

anonymous · Answer

Welcome dear...