Area and the Distributive Property
3rd Grade · Math · 25 min
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Learning Objective
I can use the distributive property to find the area of a rectangle.
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The distributive property can be used to break apart a multiplication problem into simpler numbers to make it easier to solve.
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To find the area of a rectangle using the distributive property, you can break one of the side lengths into two parts, then multiply the other side length by each of those parts and add the results.
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When finding area, the answer is always in square units, such as square feet or square meters.
