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The distributive property of multiplication over addition is x*(y + z) = x*y + x*z

It is used in multiplication through chunking.


For example, to calculate 4*56, you can break up the 56 into 50+6.

Then

4*56 = 4*(50 + 6) = 4*50 + 4*6 = 200 + 24 = 224.

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