Unit: Equations and Inequalities Name _____________________________________

Student Handout 2 Date _____________________________Pd______

SIMPL IFYING EXPRESSIONS WITH THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY

a. Write in words the meaning of 3(12). b. Applying your thinking from part a, write the
meaning of 3(x – 4).

c. Use algebra tiles to sketch 3(x – 4). Then, d. Explain a method for finding the simplified
write the simplified expression. expression of 3(x – 4) without algebra tiles.

• The distributive property allows us to multiply each term _____________ the

parentheses by the number _____________ the parentheses.
DISTRIBUT IVE
• Algebraically, we would say:
PROPERTY
a(b + c) = _________ a(b – c) = _________
• Be careful with your ________ when multiplying positives and negatives!

Using the distributive property, simplify the following expressions.

1. 2. 3.
4(x + 2) -(5x – 7) -8(0.25x + 2)

4. 5.
1 14 – 6(3x – 1.5)
2(x – 9)

What makes example 5 different than questions 1-4?

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Simplify the expressions by distributing and combining like terms, if necessary.

6. 7. 8.
3 3
16x + 5.6(2x – 11) 13(1.4 + 2w) 4 (16m – 5) – 2

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9. 10.
15.4 – 5.2(3f + 1.2) 5 1
8x – 2(7 – 4x)

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11. Shondra simplified the following expression 12. Glenn simplified the following expression
but made an error. Describe her mistake but made an error. Describe his mistake and
and then correctly simplify the expression. then correctly simplify the expression.

3
18 + (6x -15)
26.7 – 6.3(6x – 10.1) 5
26.7 – 37.8x – 63.63 3
3 + (6x)
5
-37.8x – 36.93 18
3+ x
5

13. Oscar is painting a wall with the following 14. Georgia is fencing in a section of her yard
dimensions. Write the simplified expression for a chicken coop. The area will be shaped
for the area of the wall. like a square. Write the expression that
represents the amount of fencing she will
40.5
need.

8.3w + 2 2
93x – 19

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Summarize today’s lesson:

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Using the Distributive Property Date________________ Period____

Simplify each expression.

1) −6(a + 8) 2) 4(1 + 9 x)

3) 6(−5n + 7) 4) (9m + 10) ⋅ 2

5) (−4 − 3n) ⋅ −8 6) 8(−b − 4)

7) (1 − 7n) ⋅ 5 8) −6( x + 4)

9) 5(3m − 6) 10) (−6 p + 7) ⋅ −4

11) 5(b − 1) 12) ( x + 9) ⋅ 5

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15) −3( x − 5) 16) −5(10 x + 1)

17) (1 + 2v) ⋅ 5 18) −8(1 − 5 x)

19) −7(5k − 4) 20) −5(7a − 6)

21) 5(n + 6) 22) 4(3r − 8)

23) 3(5 + 5 x) 24) (1 + 9 x) ⋅ −10

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