Use the distributive property to express 18 + 24

The answer is 6 (3 + 4)

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find this, we must find the greatest common factor of both numbers. Below are the factors for each number.

18: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18

24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 24

You'll notice that the highest number on both lists is 6. So we divide each number by 6 and then express as a distribution.

6 (3 + 4)