options: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. (Computations with rational numbers extend the rules for manipulating fractions to complex fractions.)

Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.

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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