At the market, Joey buys 3 avocados for $.40 each and 5 lemons for $0.40 each. The cashier in training rings up 3 × 0.40 and then 5 × 0.40 to get the total. The experienced cashier says to add the 3 plus 5 in his head and then ring up 8 × 0.40.

What property says that these two totals would be the same?

associative property of multiplication
commutative property of multiplication
distributive property
multiplicative identity plz help me

Question

At the market, Joey buys 3 avocados for $.40 each and 5 lemons for $0.40 each. The cashier in training rings up 3 × 0.40 and then 5 × 0.40 to get the total. The experienced cashier says to add the 3 plus 5 in his head and then ring up 8 × 0.40.

What property says that these two totals would be the same?



associative property of multiplication
commutative property of multiplication
distributive property
multiplicative identity plz help me

texaschic101 · Answer

.40(3 + 5) = .40 * 3 + .40 * 5 --- distributive property of multiplicaton