standard_description: Understand that rational expressions form a system analogous to the rational numbers, closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by a nonzero rational expression; add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational expressions.
problem_activity: Task
State the meaning of each of the following expressions and draw a picture that represents it.
$$(3\times5)+4$$
$$3\times(5+4)$$
State the meaning of this expression:
$$3\times5+4$$
How do you know?
State the meaning of each of the following expressions and draw a picture that represents it.
$$(3+5)\times4$$
$$3+(5\times4)$$
State the meaning of this expression:
$$3+5\times4$$
How do you know?


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