You’re welcome!
So, there are many cases in which it is useful to transform a sum in a product:
Assuming the child goes to a lower grade, it probably might be a good example to explain that using the distributive law can help to simplify fractions: It is not possible to simplify a fracture with sums, but if you transform that into a product, it‘ll be possible.
E. g. $$ \frac{4t+6t^2}{2at^2} = \frac{2t(2+3t)}{2at^2} = \frac{2+3t}{at} $$