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Apply the distributive property to expressions like 3(2 + x)

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

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Multiply the number outside the brackets by every term inside. Keep each sign the same.

  1. Expand: 3(4m + 5x)
  2. Expand: 3(4 + 4y)
  3. Expand: 2(4 + 4x)
  4. Expand: 3(w + 4)
  5. Expand: 5(3 + 8a)
  6. Expand: 8(9y + 5)
  7. Expand: 8(6y + 3)
  8. Expand: 9(6n + 1)
  9. Expand: 3(3x + 8 + b)
  10. Expand: 5(6 + 7n + 9y)
  11. Expand: 5(n + 6a + 2)
  12. Expand: 7(8p + 6 + 6b)
  13. Expand: 3(14x + 13b + 6)
  14. Expand: 14(10 + 14a + 17t)
  15. Expand: 4(20p + 17b + 1)
  16. Expand: 8(11p + 20w + 17)
  17. Expand: 28(2 + 17m + 29t)
  18. Expand: 16(8 + 7a + 12t)
  19. Expand: 30(4w + 20 + 23b)
  20. Expand: 24(9 + 14m + 30p)
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Answer key: Apply the distributive property to expressions like 3(2 + x)

  1. 12m + 15x
  2. 12 + 12y
  3. 8 + 8x
  4. 3w + 12
  5. 15 + 40a
  6. 72y + 40
  7. 48y + 24
  8. 54n + 9
  9. 9x + 24 + 3b
  10. 30 + 35n + 45y
  11. 5n + 30a + 10
  12. 56p + 42 + 42b
  13. 42x + 39b + 18
  14. 140 + 196a + 238t
  15. 80p + 68b + 4
  16. 88p + 160w + 136
  17. 56 + 476m + 812t
  18. 128 + 112a + 192t
  19. 120w + 600 + 690b
  20. 216 + 336m + 720p