Question

Solve 5·23 using the distributive property.

Answer 1

So first you do five times twenty and add five times three
5×20=100
5*3=15
115

Answer 2

5*23

Note 23 = 20 + 3

5*23 =  5*(20 + 3)        and by distributive property

5*23 =  5*20 + 5*3 = 100 + 15 = 115

= 115