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6th Grade Algebraic Equations Review - Exponents, Expressions - Math Mystery

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CCSS6.EE.A.1
CCSS6.EE.A.2c
CCSS6.EE.A.3
CCSS6.EE.A.4
CCSS6.EE.B.5
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My students always love a math mystery!! It keeps them engaged and I love that it is self-checking so they don't have to ask "Is this right?" :)
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This was a fantastic resource to use with my students after we finished our unit on expressions and equations.
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This Algebra Review Math Mystery is a fun activity to reinforce students' skills working with exponents, expressions, and like terms and equations. Engage and motivate your students during math time with this fun algebra activity! Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Docs option provided within your download.

⭐A video hook is provided to set the stage to engage! Check out the video hook in the preview section.

⭐A bonus ENDING VIDEO clip is included to celebrate finishing the mystery.


Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document in the folder containing a Google Slides link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive. Parts of the pages are editable so your students can complete them without printing the pages. Please note you will need to make a copy of the Google Slides to your drive before you can edit.

An editable mystery list was added to the packet. This way, you can alter the mystery outcome. I've provided two pre-made alternative mystery lists that you can swap out with the original if you want a different answer.

Students have to use their algebra skills to discover what the aliens are planning to turn all of humankind into!

There are five clues to crack to solve the mystery:

  • Clue 1: Solve for the Variable (Exponents)
  • Clue 2: Evaluate Variable Expressions
  • Clue 3: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
  • Clue 4: Add and Subtract Like Terms
  • Clue 5: One-Step Equations

Pack also includes a mystery declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide, and awards.

Great activity for algebra review.

This algebra math mystery is also available in versions for 5th and 6th grades. Click on the links below to find:

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CCSS6.EE.A.1
Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
CCSS6.EE.A.2c
Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s³ and A = 6 s² to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.
CCSS6.EE.A.3
Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + 𝘹) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3𝘹; apply the distributive property to the expression 24𝘹 + 18𝘺 to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4𝘹 + 3𝘺); apply properties of operations to 𝘺 + 𝘺 + 𝘺 to produce the equivalent expression 3𝘺.
CCSS6.EE.A.4
Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions 𝘺 + 𝘺 + 𝘺 and 3𝘺 are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number 𝘺 stands for.
CCSS6.EE.B.5
Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.

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