144
1x144= 144 2x72=144 3x48=144 4x36=144 6x24=144 8x18=144 9x16=144
The distributive property states that you can break down a multiplication problem into simpler parts. For 3 x 48, you can express 48 as (40 + 8) and then apply the distributive property: 3 x 48 = 3 x (40 + 8) = (3 x 40) + (3 x 8) = 120 + 24 = 144. Thus, 3 x 48 equals 144.