Question

Enter the missing values in the area model to find 8(2v +5)2v+58According to the model above, 8(2v + 5) =

Answer 1

In this case, we need to multiply each of the values 2v and 5 by 8, as follows:

• 8 * 2v = 16v

,

• 8 * 5 = 40

So, the answer is 16v + 40.

(This is the application of the distributive property.)