Question

Which way shows one way you can decompose 15 to find 42 x 15?

Answer 1

Answer:

42 * 10 + 42 * 5

which agrees with the third option (C) shown on the list of possible answers

Step-by-step explanation:

Notice that using distributive property we can write:

42 * 15 = 42 (10 + 5) = 42 * 10 + 42 * 5

which agrees with the third option (C) shown on the list of possible answers.