Question

Using the distributive property of multiplication over the addition of whole numbers, find each of the following products.

$256\times 35$

Answer 1

Solve this product by Using the distributive property of multiplication over the addition of whole numbers:

$$\begin{gathered} 256\times 35 \\ =256\times (30+5) \\ =256\times 30+256\times 5 \\ =7680+1280 \\ =8960 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the product is $8960$.