Question

The distributive property combines_____________and _____________ to make multiplying whole numbers simpler.

Answer 1

The answer is number and factor

Answer 2

The distributive property combines multiplication and addition.

It uses multiplication to combine the simple numbers with addition.

An example is that if we wanted to multiply 15 and 12, we can multiple 15 and 10 and 15 and 2 and then we add them.