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distributive property

[ dih-strib-yuh-tiv prop-er-tee ]

noun

  1. Mathematics. the property that terms in an expression may be expanded in a particular way to form an equivalent expression.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of distributive property1

First recorded in 1810–15
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For everyday numbers to make sense, they have to have something called the distributive property, which is best seen through an example.

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This is the distributive property.

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“In math, it’s called the distributive property. In people, it’s called taking care of one another,” he implores.

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Because it is a theorem in category theory, it is stated in a very general and abstract way, but she also showed how to apply it to a more concrete example, the distributive property of multiplication and addition.

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Ms. Ubiarco is giving Sabrina a math lesson — about the distributive property — on a white board in the family’s living room.

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