jose wants to simplify 24+9 using the greatest common factor and the distributive property what expression should he write?

Question

jose whants to simlify 24+9 sung the greatest common factor and the distributive property. what expression should he write?

Answer 1

First get the factors of 24: 2*2*2*3

Then the factors of 9: 3*3

 

Comparing the factors, the GCF is 3

 

Then you can rewrite the expression:

 

3*8 + 3*3

 

At this point, I'm not sure whether what you mean is really distributive property or not since this case is more of a factoring.

 

3*(8+3)