Question

Rosa finds the product of 32 and 96. she rewrites 96 as a sum or difference of two numbers and uses the distributive property. which of the following could be a step in her computations?

a. 32×95+31
b. 30×98
c. 2700+12
d. 3200-128

Answer 1

We are given with the two numbers=32 and 96

Product of the given numbers=
`32*96= 3072`

But Rosa rewrites the 96 as a sum or difference of two numbers and uses the distributive property

As we know, the Distributive property is
`a(b+c)= ab+ac`

Now,
`32*96 = 32*(100-4) = 3200-128`

So, option 'd' is correct