Edy and Mario are math teachers preparing to teach a lesson on decimals. Some of their students are struggling with the following calculation: 98 . 3 7 × How could Edy and Mario use the distributive property as a way of helping the students to do the calculation without a calculator, and without using the traditional method for multiplying decimal numbers? Show and explain how the distributive property could be used to do this calculation.
A) By breaking down the multiplication into simpler steps, they can distribute the decimal.
B) By converting the decimal into a fraction before distributing.
C) By splitting the decimals into their integer and fractional parts.
D) By applying the distributive property to each digit of the decimal separately.
