Common Core: 6th Grade Math : Grade 6

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 6th Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Simplify the following expression:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Apply the distributive property of multiplication to remove the parenthesis from the given expression. Multiply the term outside of the parenthesis to each of the terms inside the parenthesis.

Example Question #1 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Simplify the following:

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is applying to distrubtive property and then combining like terms.

First you distrubute the negative to the two terms in the first parentheses, so:

Then do the same for the four:

Finally, combine like terms to get:

 

Example Question #2 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Name the property used to solve the problem.

Possible Answers:

Multiplication Property

Distributive Property

Identity Property

Associative Property of Multiplication

Communitive Property of Multiplication

Correct answer:

Distributive Property

Explanation:

Multiplying each term on the outside of the parenthesis by each term on the inside refers to the distributive property.

Example Question #6 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Simplify the following expression using the distributive property.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Distributive property is used to multiply a single term by two or more terms inside a set of parenthesis. Multiply the outside term (5) by 7 first.

Then multiply the outside term (5) by 9.

Combine the two remaining terms by keeping the sign that was originally inside the parenthesis.

Example Question #2 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Which of the following is equivalent to ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to distribute -3 by multiplying both terms inside the parentheses by -3.:

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Now we can multiply and simplify. Remember that multiplying two negative numbers results in a positive number:

Example Question #3 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Distribute:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Remember that a negative multiplied by a negative is positive, and a negative multiplied by a positive is negative.

Distribute the  through the parentheses by multiplying it by each of the two terms: 

 

Example Question #4 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Solve the equation using the distributive property.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, we must use the distributive property on both sides of the equation.

The distributive property states:

Therefore:

Now, we can solve the expression like a two-step equation with variables on both sides. Do not forget the properties of equality and perform the same operations on both sides.

Subtract  from both sides.

   

            

Simplify.

Now, the problem is a one-step equation.

Add  to both sides.

       

Solve.

Check the answer by substituting it back into the original equation. Both sides should equal to each other.

Example Question #21 : Distributive Property

Simplify using the distributive property:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, we must use the distributive property on both sides of the equation.

The distributive property states:

In other words, we can take the factor on the outside of the parentheses and multiply it by each term inside the parentheses.  

Therefore:

Simplify.

Example Question #11 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Select the expression that is equal to 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

Example Question #12 : Apply The Properties Of Operations To Generate Equivalent Expressions: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.A.3

Select the expression that is equal to 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

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