Math Worksheets and Study Guides Sixth Grade. Commutative/Associative Properties

The resources above cover the following skills:

Number and Operations (NCTM)
Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another.
Use the associative and commutative properties of addition and multiplication and the distributive property of multiplication over addition to simplify computations with integers, fractions, and decimals.
Connections to the Grade 6 Focal Points (NCTM)
Algebra: Students use the commutative, associative, and distributive properties to show that two expressions are equivalent. They also illustrate properties of operations by showing that two expressions are equivalent in a given context (e.g., determining the area in two different ways for a rectangle whose dimensions are x + 3 by 5). Sequences, including those that arise in the context of finding possible rules for patterns of figures or stacks of objects, provide opportunities for students to develop formulas.