Ten expressions to expand with the distributive property, with an answer key on its own page.
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Distributing a factor across parentheses is the gateway to simplifying expressions and solving multi-step equations. These problems mix positive and negative factors so sign errors get caught early — the mistake that follows students all the way into Algebra 2 if it isn't fixed here.
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