Question

How could you use the distributive property to rewrite -18+(-27)

Answer 1

-9(2+3)
if you simplify it give you that because they are both as small as they can be

Answer 2

Here are just three examples I came up with:

-9(2 + 3)

or

-3(6 + 9)

or

-(18 + 27)

Explanation:

• To come up with these expressions, I found common factors between the numbers -18 and -27.
• Then, I factored the numbers with the common factor (the common number is the number outside of the parentheses.)
• When you distribute any of the expressions above, you will find they they can be simplified to -18 - 27, which is the same as -18 + (-27).