Using Properties and Operations to Multiply and Divide
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Evaluate the expression:
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a. Using the order of operations only, the answer is:
b. Using the properties and methods used in Lesson 16, the answer is:
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If you were asked to evaluate another expression, which method would you use, (a) or (b),
and why?
Evaluate the expressions using the distributive property.
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Mia evaluated the expression below but got an incorrect answer. Find Mia’s error(s), find the
correct value of the expression, and explain how Mia could have avoided her error(s).
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For #4 – 8 use the commutative and/or distributive property to simplify the expression.
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6 · · ( -6 ) · 4 · (- )
5) 9 · ( - 2 )
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7) -4 · (-8) · 2.32 · ( -4 ) · (- 5.2) · 5