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Distributive Property & Combining Like Terms Puzzle – CCSS 6.EE.A.3

This puzzle is an engaging way to review combining like terms and the distributive property!

These problems are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3 and they contain positive numbers only.

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

There are two versions of the puzzle included – a full page size, and a half-page size that will fit perfectly in your interactive math notebook!

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

Students LOVE puzzles. Compared to a traditional worksheet, a puzzle is MUCH more fun!

Puzzles force our students to think, whether they want to or not!

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

Not only will your class have fun, but you don’t need to prep!

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

Just print and go – Easy!

Give yourself a break!

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

To solve the puzzle, students will simplify each expression by combining like terms and using the distributive property, and match it with the equivalent expression on another piece.

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

Try using this puzzle in a math station when you are doing rotations. You’ll probably want to cut out the pieces in advance and laminate them to save time.

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

How Can You Use this activity?

  • Independent Practice
  • Group (or Partner) Work
  • At Home Practice
  • Assessment
  • Review
This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

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One student liked the puzzle so much that she wrote me a letter! There’s a first for everything…

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

What can you do about early finishers?

This is a great puzzle for all skill levels! If you get some early finishers, no big deal! Give them some blank triangles and have them add their own expressions!

You could make it a contest and see who can add the most triangles to their puzzle before the time expires!

This is a fun and engaging way for your 5th, 6th, or 7th grade math students to practice the distributive property and combining like terms. The problems have positive numbers only and are aligned with CCSS 6.EE.A.3.

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