Tennessee Academic Standards for Mathematics — Tennessee
TCAP Grade 6 Expressions and Equations. Practice it free.
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions and equations. This Grade 6 reporting domain maps to 6 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.
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Expressions and Equations skills
6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents
6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers
6.EE.A.3 Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
6.EE.A.4 Identify when two expressions are equivalent
6.EE.B.5 Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question
6.EE.B.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving real-world or mathematical problems
6.EE.B.7 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q
6.EE.B.8 Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent constraints
TCAP math is Tennessee’s state assessment program and its blueprints are aligned to Tennessee Academic Standards, which closely mirror the Common Core content structure in grades 3-8 and the CCSS-style high school conceptual categories. The blueprint page lists the current 2025-26 assessment overviews, including Math Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Math EOC. [Tennessee Department of Education](https://www.tn.gov/education/districts/lea-operations/assessment/tcap-blueprints.html)
Published TCAP math blueprints assign content emphasis by grade/course, but the exact percentage table was not recoverable from the accessible blueprint page in this session. The state blueprint landing page confirms the math overviews but did not expose the PDF links in the fetched page content. [Tennessee Department of Education](https://www.tn.gov/education/districts/lea-operations/assessment/tcap-blueprints.html)
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Which expression is equivalent to ?
The constants and are like terms: . The term stays the same, so the expression is equivalent to
Simplify: .
Distribute 5: .
What is
Write using an exponent.
The base appears times as a factor, so .
Evaluate: .
Multiply first: . Then .
What is ?
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Which expression is equivalent to ?
The constants and are like terms: . The term stays the same, so the expression is equivalent to
Simplify: .
Combine -terms: . Combine constants: . Result: .
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