The document provides examples of using the distributive property to break down word problems and number expressions. It shows how to identify a common term or factor in expressions like "firefly + firetruck" and "20 + 30", then use distributive property to write it as the common term distributing over the terms being added or multiplied, like "Fire(fly + truck)" and "10(2 + 3)". Several practice problems are provided to write expressions like "18 + 24" using this method.