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Area and the distributive property

Mathematics · Measurement · representational

Use tiling to demonstrate the distributive property: the area of a rectangle with sides a and (b+c) equals a×b + a×c; use area models to represent the distributive property

What mastery looks like

  • Tile a 3×(4+2) rectangle and show it decomposes into 3×4 and 3×2
  • Use an area model to compute 6×13 as 6×10 + 6×3
  • Draw an area model showing 5×(7+3) = 5×7 + 5×3

Check your understanding

If Area and the distributive property wants to work out 6 × 13 by splitting it into 6 × 10 and 6 × 3, can they draw a rectangle divided into two parts to show why that method works?