Question

Describe the error in the work shown below. What is the correct product? The theater sold 562 tickets to the concert at a price of $6 each. Use the distributive property to find the product of 6 × 562. 6(562) = 6(500) + (60)(2) = 3,120

Answer 1

Answer: The distributive property of this will be $6\times (500+62)=[(6\times 500)+(6\times 62)]=3372$

Step-by-step explanation:

The tickets sold by the theater are 562 at a cost of $6 each, So to calculate the total cost, we multiply the number of tickets to the cost of one ticket.

Total cost = 6 × 562

By applying distributive property:

$a\times (b+c)=[ab+ac]$

Product of $6\times (500+62)$ will be:

$6\times (500+62)=[(6\times 500)+(6\times 62)]=3372$

Therefore, the total cost of the tickets will be $3372.

Answer 2

Answer: The number 562 should be written as 500 + 60 + 2. Then multiply each by 6 to get 6(500) + 6(60) + 6(2). Find the products and add. The correct answer is $3,372.

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