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 $3y$.