Question

What is the distributive property of 56 divided by 4

Answer 1

For this case we have the following division:

$\frac{56}{4}$

To make the distributive property, we can rewrite the numerator of the fraction as the sum of two numbers.

We have then:

$\frac{56}{4} = \frac{1}{4}(52 + 4)$

Then, applying the distributive property we have:

$\frac{56}{4} = \frac{52}{4} + \frac{4}{4}$

Finally, rewriting both fractions and adding, we have:

$\frac{56}{4} = 13 + 1$

$\frac{56}{4} = 14$

Answer:

One way to rewrite the problem to use the distributive property is:

$\frac{56}{4} = \frac{1}{4}(52+4)$

Answer 2

we know that

The distributive property for division basically means you can split your quantity up into smaller chunks that are easier to divide

so

let’s split $56$ into $40$ and $16$

$\frac{56}{4} =\frac{(40+16)}{4} \\ \\ =\frac{40}{4} +\frac{16}{4} \\ \\ =10+4\\ \\ =14$