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Math Foundations

Strengthen number sense, fractions, ratios, expressions, equations, geometry, and data—the bridge from middle-school math to high-school success.

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A06-V01

Compare cases by evaluating an expression

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

Apply the same cost rule separately to each customer rather than comparing drink counts alone. Substitute each input, multiply by the per-drink amount, and include the fixed charge in both …

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A07-V01

Evaluate from a variable-value table or key

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

Read each table row as a precise variable assignment before substituting. Put seven in a’s position and five in b’s position, preserving the coefficient and subtraction in the original expression. …

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A10-V01

Turn an algebraic expression into arithmetic form

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

Keep the negative replacement intact by writing it in parentheses wherever x appears. The coefficient still means multiplication, so evaluate that signed product before carrying out the subtraction. Report the …

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A11-V01

Translate structured variable information into evaluation work

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

Match each letter to its own value card entry, keeping q’s negative sign in parentheses and retaining its coefficient of three. Write the full numerical substitution before calculating, then multiply …

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A12-V01

Screen a mixed set for correct evaluation work

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

First establish the correct chain from substitution through the intermediate arithmetic to the final value. Test every labeled line against that chain: a line may be valid at any stage, …

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MF.EQ.2 MF-029-A13-V01

Choose a valid first step and evaluate

Evaluate algebraic expressions correctly using substitution and order of operations.

A valid first step replaces x inside the existing parenthesized difference while leaving the outside factor and separate constant where they began. Compare each candidate by that structural test before …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A01-V01

Combine like variable terms

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Both terms count copies of the same variable quantity, so they are like terms. Add only their coefficients and keep the shared x factor unchanged; addition does not multiply the …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A02-V01

Combine variable terms and constants

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Sort the expression into two like-term groups before calculating: terms carrying x belong together, while plain numbers belong together. Add the x-coefficients and the constants separately, then keep those two …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A03-V01

Combine like terms with negatives

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Carry every sign with the term that follows it before regrouping. The two x-terms have matching variable parts, while the two subtracted numbers are negative constants in a separate group. …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A04-V01

Preserve unlike terms while simplifying

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Classify terms by their complete variable part: x-terms combine only with x-terms, y-terms only with y-terms, and the constant remains separate. Keep the subtraction signs attached, including the understood coefficient …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A05-V01

Model and simplify a context expression

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Model each sales source exactly once before simplifying: lunch and after-school sales produce two like x-terms, while the door contributes a fixed count. Add all three contributions, combine only the …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A06-V01

Simplify a total measure expression

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

The total path includes every listed section, so begin by adding all four measures. Regroup the two variable lengths and the two fixed lengths, then combine each pair separately. A …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A07-V01

Build a simplified expression from a table

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Translate every location into one term before combining. The two room entries share the x variable and can be combined by adding coefficients, while the office’s seven folders form a …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A10-V01

Translate term cards into a simplified expression

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Write the five cards as an addition expression exactly as given before simplifying. Group the three variable cards and total their coefficients, remembering that the two-x card represents two copies, …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A11-V01

Translate a term description into a simplified expression

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Translate the description term by term: the two groups of x-copies form like variable terms, followed by a separate subtraction of two. Add the coefficients on the x-terms, but keep …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A12-V01

Check which simplified forms are truly equivalent

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Group the two x-terms with their signs and combine the constants in a separate group. After simplifying both, check the stronger requirement that the form is fully simplified: no like …

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MF.EQ.3 MF-030-A13-V01

Choose a valid like-term move and simplify

Combine like terms and simplify expressions while preserving structure.

Treat each proposed first move as a claim about structure: terms belong together only when their variable parts match exactly. Once a valid grouping is identified, reorganize the entire expression …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A01-V01

Expand with distribution

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Think of the outside factor as counting three identical copies of everything inside the parentheses. That means it creates one product with the variable term and another with the constant …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A02-V01

Expand and simplify

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Use two stages here: first remove the parentheses by multiplying the outside factor by both terms inside, while carrying along the separate x-term. Then scan the expanded expression for like …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A03-V01

Factor out a common factor

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Factoring runs distribution backward. Since six is the required common factor, place it outside a pair of parentheses and divide each original term by six to determine what remains inside. …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A04-V01

Fill in a missing distribution or factoring step

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

The displayed variable term accounts for one of the two products created by distribution. Trace the blank back to the other term inside the parentheses: the outside four must multiply …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A05-V01

Use distribution in a repeated-groups context

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Model one bag as a single grouped package containing both its variable number of candies and its two stickers. Because there are five identical bags, five multiplies that whole package. …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A06-V01

Connect area and distribution

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Read the diagram as one rectangle split into two side-by-side pieces. Both pieces share the height of three, so that height multiplies each width section and creates two partial areas. …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A07-V01

Use factoring to show shared structure in context

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

The total is built from four equal bundles, so four should be the common factor that sits outside the group. Divide each term of the total by four to recover …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A10-V01

Translate an area model into symbolic form

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

The two colored sections are parts of one rectangle, so first combine their side-by-side widths into one grouped total width. Then use rectangle area: the shared height multiplies that entire …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A11-V01

Translate grouped language into symbolic form

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Start by keeping one group's variable and constant together inside parentheses. Four groups means the four multiplies that entire quantity, not just its first term. Distribution then turns the repeated …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A12-V01

Check which forms are equivalent

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Create one dependable comparison form by distributing the three across the original group. Then test every labeled expression against the entire structure, remembering that reordering addends does not change a …

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MF.EQ.4 MF-031-A13-V01

Choose the best direction for the distributive property

Use the distributive property to expand and factor simple linear expressions.

Let the desired form determine which way to use the distributive property. The expression begins as a sum, but the goal is to reveal five equal groups, so look for …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A01-V01

Undo addition or subtraction in one step

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

View the equation as a balanced statement with seven added to the unknown. Isolate the unknown by undoing that addition, and perform the same subtraction on both sides so the …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A02-V01

Undo multiplication or division in one step

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

The coefficient means the unknown has been multiplied by four, not increased by four. Use the inverse operation by dividing both sides by that coefficient; this leaves one copy of …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A03-V01

Solve one-step equations with negatives

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

Keep the negative sign attached to the number on the right as you work. Since five is subtracted from the unknown, add five to both sides to undo that operation …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A04-V01

Solve and check a one-step equation

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

First undo the added nine with equal subtraction on both sides to isolate the variable. The verification is a separate step: replace the variable in the original equation with the …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A05-V01

Solve an additive context equation

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

Separate the story into a starting amount, a change of six more stickers, and a final total of fourteen. Write the unknown start plus the increase as equal to the …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A06-V01

Solve a framed multiplicative context equation

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

The total comes from four equal boxes, so model it as four times an unknown per-box amount. To recover one box's share, divide the total equally among the four boxes. …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A07-V01

Select and solve a one-step context equation

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

Define the unknown as the class size before anyone joined. Because four students join and the count then reaches eighteen, the valid equation must show the start increasing by four, …

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MF.EQ.5 MF-032-A09-V01

Judge a solution check

Solve one-step equations and interpret the solution in context.

Evaluate the claim by replacing x with Mia's stated value in the original equation and comparing the two sides numerically. If they differ, the claim is invalid regardless of how …

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