Georgia 6.MP.7
The Standard
Look for and make use of structure.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards · Display perseverance and patience in problem-solving. Demonstrate skills and strategies needed to succeed in mathematics, including critical thinking, reasoning, and effective collaboration and expression. Seek help and apply feedback. Set and monitor goals.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice how numbers, expressions, tables, and shapes are organized. They use repeated groups, shared factors, place value, or symmetry to solve problems more efficiently.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can spot repeated groups, shared factors, and related forms in numbers, expressions, tables, or shapes. The student uses those features to simplify work and explain why a method works.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may focus on calculating before checking how numbers or expressions are organized. They may distribute a factor to only one term or miss a shared factor in two terms.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: “Without finding each product separately, calculate 7 × 18 + 3 × 18 and explain what pattern made your method work.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use algebra tiles to model 3(x + 2), then rearrange them to show 3x + 6 and label the repeated groups.
Have students write how 4(2 + 5) and 4 × 2 + 4 × 5 are organized alike.
Play an expression matching game with cards such as 6(10 + 2), 60 + 12, and 6 × 12.
Give a receipt for six identical meal orders, then ask students to write two equivalent expressions for the total cost.
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