6.EE.A. Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.

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6.EE.A.1. Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.

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6.EE.A.2. Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.

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6.EE.A.2.a. Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract $y$ from 5” as $5 - y$.

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6.EE.A.2.b. Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity. For example, describe the expression $2 (8 + 7)$ as a product of two factors; view $(8 + 7)$ as both a single entity and a sum of two terms.

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6.EE.A.2.c. Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas $V = s^3$ and $A = 6 s^2$ to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length $s = 1/2$.

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6.EE.A.3. Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression $3 (2 + x)$ to produce the equivalent expression $6 + 3x$; apply the distributive property to the expression $24x + 18y$ to produce the equivalent expression $6 (4x + 3y)$; apply properties of operations to $y + y + y$ to produce the equivalent expression $3y$.

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6.EE.A.4. Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions $y + y + y$ and $3y$ are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number $y$ stands for.

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