Based on what you've read, answer the following questions. 1. Use the distributive property to solve the following problems.
a. 8(5 + 25) = ?
b. 12(2 – 5) = ?
c. 3(5 – 12) = ?
d. 4(2 + 1) = ?

2. Find the value of the expression y ÷ (–2) + 5 if y equals –10.

3. Find the value of the expression x ÷ 3 + 10 if x equals 6.

4. Find the value of the expression 2z + 4 – 6 if z equals 12.

5. Find the value of the expression 6m + 4 4 + 11 if m equals 8.

Solve the following word problems.

6. John has been driving at 60 miles an hour for 3 hours. How many miles has he traveled so far? If the total distance to his destination is 240 miles, how much farther must John drive?

7. A cellular phone company bills customers $24.95 per month plus $0.20 a minute for each minute of phone time used. These charges can be expressed in a formula: B = $24.95 + ($0.20 M). In this formula, B stands for the total amount of the bill and M stands for the number of minutes used. This month, Carlos used 23 minutes of phone time. What will his total cellular phone bill be?