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This document provides an overview of the concepts and skills students will learn in the 6th grade math unit on expressions. Students will represent repeated multiplication with exponents, evaluate expressions containing exponents, translate phrases into algebraic expressions, identify expression parts, and use properties to generate equivalent expressions. Key concepts include variables, exponents, algebraic expressions, and properties. Examples are provided to demonstrate evaluating expressions, writing expressions for word problems, using the distributive property, and simplifying expressions with exponents.

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M6u3 Parent Letter

This document provides an overview of the concepts and skills students will learn in the 6th grade math unit on expressions. Students will represent repeated multiplication with exponents, evaluate expressions containing exponents, translate phrases into algebraic expressions, identify expression parts, and use properties to generate equivalent expressions. Key concepts include variables, exponents, algebraic expressions, and properties. Examples are provided to demonstrate evaluating expressions, writing expressions for word problems, using the distributive property, and simplifying expressions with exponents.

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Math 6 Unit 3

Expressions
Volume 1 Issue 3

References Dear Parents


In this unit students will:
 Represent repeated multiplication with exponents
Helpful Links:  Evaluate expressions containing exponents to solve mathematical and real world
http://thinkingblocks.com problems
 Translate verbal phrases and situations into algebraic expressions
http://www.khanacademy  Identify the parts of a given expression
.org  Use the properties to identify equivalent expressions
 Use the properties and mathematical models to generate equivalent expressions
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builders.com

http://hoodamath.com Concepts Students will Use & Understand


 Variables can be used as unique unknown values or as quantities that vary.
http://www.ixl.com/m  Exponential notation is a way to express repeated products of the same number.
ath/grade-6/evaluate-  Algebraic expressions may be used to represent and generalize mathematical
variable-expressions-
problems and real life situations
with-whole-numbers
 Properties of numbers can be used to simplify and evaluate expressions.
http://www.ixl.com/m  Algebraic properties can be used to create equivalent expressions
ath/grade-6/evaluate-  Two equivalent expressions form an equation.
variable-expressions-
involving-decimals-
fractions-and-mixed-
numbers
Vocabulary
 Algebraic expression: A mathematical phrase involving at least one variable
and sometimes numbers and operation symbols.
Georgia Math Grade 6  Associative Property of Addition: The sum of a set of numbers is the same no
Textbook Connection: matter how the numbers are grouped.
Ch. 5, Lessons 1-7  Associative Property of Multiplication: The product of a set of numbers is the
same no matter how the numbers are grouped.
 Coefficient: A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.
 Commutative Property of Addition: The sum of a group of numbers is the
same regardless of the order in which the numbers are arranged
Georgia Math Grade 6  Commutative Property of Multiplication: The product of a group of numbers
Textbook Online: is the same regardless of the order in which the numbers are arranged.
 Constant: A quantity that does not change its value.
connected.mcgraw-
hill.com  Distributive Property: The sum of two addends multiplied by a number is the
https://www.mheonline. sum of the product of each addend and the number.
com/apps/  Exponent: The number of times a number or expression (called base) is used as
a factor of repeated multiplication. Also called the power.
 Like Terms: Terms in an algebraic expression that have the same variable raised
to the same power. Only the coefficients of like terms are different.
 Order of Operations: The rules to be followed when simplifying expressions.
 Term: A number, a variable, or a product of numbers and variables.
 Variable: A letter or symbol used to represent a number or quantities that vary

Try http://intermath.coe.uga.edu/dictnary/homepg.asp or
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ for further examples.
Symbols Example 1
What is the value of the expression below when m = 5 and n = 0.5?
m2 + (n + 6)
Expression:
8x + 4y
Example 2
Luci bought n ride tickets at the carnival. Bianca bought 4 times as many ride tickets as Luci.
Write an expression that represents the total number of ride tickets that Luci and Bianca
Terms:
bought.
8x
4y
Example 3
Write an equivalent expression for 9(p + 8).

Example 4
Simplify the expression using exponents: 5∙5∙5∙5∙5∙5∙5∙n∙n + 4∙4∙4

Key
Example 1
m2 + (n + 6); m = 5 and n = 0.5
Substitute the variable with numerical value
m2 + (n + 6)
52 + (0.5 + 6)
Use orders of operations to solve
52 + (0.5 + 6)
52 + 6.5
25 + 6.5
31.5

Example 2
n + 4n

Example 3
9(p + 8)
Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression
9(p) + 9(8)
9p + 72

Example 4
5⁷n²+ 4³

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