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    The document explains the distributive law using an example of counting the total number of fruits in 3 bags, where each bag contains 2 tangerines and 4 mangos. It shows that the total can be found by either multiplying the number of bags by the total fruits per bag, or by separately multiplying the number of bags by the number of tangerines and mangos and adding the results. This relationship is the distributive law, which can be written as b × (t + m) = b × t + b × m, where b is the number of bags, t is the number of tangerines, and m is the number of mangos.

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    The document explains the distributive law using an example of counting the total number of fruits in 3 bags, where each bag contains 2 tangerines and 4 mangos. It shows that the total can be found by either multiplying the number of bags by the total fruits per bag, or by separately multiplying the number of bags by the number of tangerines and mangos and adding the results. This relationship is the distributive law, which can be written as b × (t + m) = b × t + b × m, where b is the number of bags, t is the number of tangerines, and m is the number of mangos.

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    1 How To Teach Algebra To Kids. Lesson 2: The Distributive Law

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    How to teach algebra to kids. Lesson 2: The distributive law

    Heres the idea. Suppose I have 3 bags of fruits and each bag has 2 tangerines and 4 mangos. How many fruits do I have in total? Well, theres two ways to nd this out. I could say: There are 3 bags and each bag has 6 fruits so I have 3 times 6 equals 18 fruits all together. Or I could say: There are 3 bags and each bag has 2 tangerines so I have 3 times 2 equals 6 tangerines all together. Similarly, there are 3 bags and each bag has 4 mangos so I have 3 times 4 equals 12 mangos all together. As a mathematical equation, we have just said: 3 bags (6 = 2 + 4) fruits in each bag = 18 fruits, 3 bags 2 tangerines in each bag = 6 tangerines, and 3 bags 4 mangos in each bag = 12 mangos. So 3 (2 + 4) = 3 2 + 3 4. This is the distributive law. One can say this as; bags (tangerines + mangos) = bags tangerines + bags mangos, or number of bags (number of tangerines + number of mangos) = number of bags number of tangerines + number of bags number of mangos or even b (t + m) = b t + b m.

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