Page 1 of 11 Distributive properties of the rationals Konstantine Zelator Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue Providence, R.I. 02908-1991, U.S.A. e-mail address: 1) Kzelator@ric.edu 2) Konstantine_zelator@yahoo.com Effective August 1, 2009, and for the academic year 2009-10; Konstantine Zelator Department of Mathematics 301 Thackeray Hall 139 University Place University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 U.S.A e-mail address : kzet159@pitt.edu