Question

Explain how to use the distributive property to find an expression that is equivalent to 20 + 16.

Answer 1

What you need to do is to find a multiple of 20 and 16 in other words a number that can multiply into 20 and 16. You have 2 and you have 4. So now this is how it looks like.
Either:
4(5+4) Or
2(10+8)

Answer 2

First, I would find that the GCF of 20 and 16 is 4. Then, I would divide both 20 and 16 by 4. Last, I would use the distributive property to write the sum as   4(5 + 4).

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