standard_description: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.
problem_activity: Task
Lucia uses the picture below to explain the distributive property for the expression (3+1) $\times$ (5+1):
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Find (3+1) $\times$ (5+1) using the distributive property.
Explain how Lucia's picture relates to your calculation in (a).
How can Lucia use a picture to find (3-1) $\times$ (5-1) using the distributive property? Explain.


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