How do you use the distributive property to multiply 999*69996?

1 Answer
Feb 15, 2017

See the explanation

Explanation:

Split the 999 into 900+90+9 so we have: 6(900+90+9)6(900+90+9)
This is the same as:

6xx900 = 54006×900=5400
6xxcolor(white)(9)90=color(white)(5)5406×990=5540
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