Question

Jill wants to find the quotient. Use multiplication and the distributive property to help Jill from JD the quotient.

Answer 1

How many 8 can we fit in 144?
Start with 8•10=80, can’t fit another 80 so
Continue with 8•5=40 we have now 80+40=120 and we need 144 so are left 24
Finish with 8•3=24

Now we can group them
Multiplication: 8•10+8•5+8•3=144
Distributive : 8•(10+5+3)=144
So 144/8=10+5+3=18