Question

Riley used the distributive property to find the product of 37 and 24. Which expression

could Riley have used to find the product of the two numbers?

Answer 1

The expression Riley could have used to find the product of the two numbers is 24 × (30 + 7).

Explanation:

The distribution property for multiplication is:

`a* (b+c)=a\cdot b+a\cdot c`

In this case we need to determine the product of 37 and 24.

Compute the product as follows:

`37* 24=24* (30 +7)`

`=(24* 30)+(24* 7)\\=720+168\\=888`

Thus, the product of 37 and 24 is 888.