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Is distributive property a multiplication or division word?
multiplication: the opposite (division) property is factoring
What operations can assotiative communative and distributive apply to?
Associative works for addition and multiplication. Commutative works for addition and multiplication Distributive works for addition, multiplication and subtraction as well as some combinations of them, but not for division. Nothing works for division.
What is the distibutive property mean?
The distributive property is a property that relates to two binary operations and operates over a set.According to the distributive property of multiplication over division, if a, b and c are three elements of a set S, thena*(b + c) = a*b+a*cMultiplication is also distributive over subtraction.
Why does the multiplication method partial products work?
Because multiplication is distributive over addition.
How do use distributive property with division?
To be picky, the distributive property is about multiplication, but division is defined in terms of multiplication, so your question can be answered!Say you have (6xy+15y)/(3y). The distributive property will say this is equal to 6xy/3y + 15y/3y = 2x + 5.Notice that the "/3y" has been distributed onto each term inside the parentheses.
