The distributive property of multiplication states that when a number is multiplied by the sum of two numbers the first number can be distributed to both of those numbers and multiplied by each of them separately then adding the two products together for the same result as multiplying the first number by the sum
The term is less than. Think about it this way next time, the mouth is open to the bigger number because it wants to eat the bigger number. So the number facing the tail is always less than.
