Question

Last week, Paul ate 2 cookies each day for 5 days. This week, he ate 2 cookies each day for 4 days. Write an expression, using the distributive property, to represent the total number of cookies Paul ate in these two weeks? (HINT: Fill it the blanks (_ x _) + (_ x _) *

Answer 1

(2x5) + (2x4) = 10+8= 18

Answer 2

(2x5)+(2x4)=18

Explanation:

First week he ate 2 cookies for 5 days so 2 x 5 = 10. then the next week he ate 2 cookies for 4 days so 2 x 4 = 8 then put into the equation.