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?

a associative property of multiplication
b commutative property of multiplication
c distributive property
d multiplicative identity

Answer 1

@Sylph

Answer 2

@XOBriley

Answer 3

@Irrati0nal