standard_description: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
problem_activity: Task
Nina was finding multiples of 6. She said,
18 and 42 are both multiples of 6, and when I add them, I also get a multiple of 6: $$18+42 = 60.$$
Explain to Nina why adding two multiples of 6 will always result in another multiple of 6.


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