Distributive property

 The distributive property of multiplication says that you can regroup a multiplication sentence in different ways and still get the same product.

For example 7 x 6 is the same as (5x6)+(2x6)

Five groups of six is 30.

Two groups of six is 12.

30+12 = 42

This is good because if we get stuck on a fact, or it's too big, we can use what we know!