Question

Use the distributive property to find the product.

12× 5 1/3​

Answer 1

Answer: 64

Explanation:

Answer 2

64

Explanation:

It's easier to perform this multiplication if we change 5 1/3 into the improper fraction 16/3 first.

Then we multiply 12 by 16/3. But 12/3 can be reduced to 4, so we now have to deal with 4 × 16, which is 64.