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Expressions, variables and what a letter means — Take-Home — 6th Grade Writes and evaluates expressions with variables, and knows a letter stands for a number, not a label. This one-page 6th Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "The Number in the Box" — 20 minutes with paper, a box or an envelope with a number…
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Expressions, variables and what a letter means MATH · 6TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Math · 6th Grade 20 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Writes and evaluates expressions with variables, and knows a letter stands for a number, not a label. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What does 3a mean? Evaluate 2n + 5 when n = 4. Write an expression for 'a number doubled then add 7'." A SOLID ANSWER Three times an unknown number, 13, and 2n + 7. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THE NUMBER IN THE BOX You need: Paper, A box or an envelope with a number card inside Put a card with a hidden number in an envelope. That envelope is n. Write expressions about it: n + 3, 2n, n ÷ 2, and say each in words. Reveal the number and evaluate every expression. Change the number and re-evaluate. The expression stayed the same — that's the power of a variable. Translate word phrases into expressions and back again. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "a isn't apples — it's a number we don't know yet. Say the expression out loud in words." Substitution into one-operation expressions only. Expressions with brackets and exponents, and translating multi-step word descriptions. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-6 www.littleactivity.com 6th Grade · Math
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Expressions, variables and what a letter means MATH · 6TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Math · 6th Grade 20 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Writes and evaluates expressions with variables, and knows a letter stands for a number, not a label. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What does 3a mean? Evaluate 2n + 5 when n = 4. Write an expression for 'a number doubled then add 7'." A SOLID ANSWER Three times an unknown number, 13, and 2n + 7. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THE NUMBER IN THE BOX You need: Paper, A box or an envelope with a number card inside Put a card with a hidden number in an envelope. That envelope is n. Write expressions about it: n + 3, 2n, n ÷ 2, and say each in words. Reveal the number and evaluate every expression. Change the number and re-evaluate. The expression stayed the same — that's the power of a variable. Translate word phrases into expressions and back again. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "a isn't apples — it's a number we don't know yet. Say the expression out loud in words." Substitution into one-operation expressions only. Expressions with brackets and exponents, and translating multi-step word descriptions. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-6 www.littleactivity.com 6th Grade · Math
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