First you draw threes cookies, then you give a cookie to each child, then with the last cookie you split it in half and they each have 1 1/2 cookie.
The commutative property of multiplication is ab=ba
so
9(x+5)=(x+5)9
(note, some people on this site like to write x2 for x² but that's not how you math correctly., (x+5)9 doesn't mean (x+5)⁹, it means (x+5) times 9)
13(3 + 7)
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