How could you use 5times6 equal 30 to find the product of 6times 6?
You can use the distributive property of multiplication to find
the product.
(a) 5 x 6 = 30
(b) 6 x 6 = (5 + 1) x 6
(c) 6 x 6 = 5 x 6 + 1 x 6 by the distributive property
(d) 6 x 6 = 30 + 1 x 6 by substituting equation (a)
(e) 6 x 6 = 30 + 6 by the identity property of
multiplication
(f) 6 x 6 = 36