As current mathematics standards, such as the Common Core, are being implemented throughout the United States, it has become evident that teachers need support to enact the tenets of those standards. To help in this endeavor, this article was published as a guideline to emphasize to mathematics education stakeholders that "effective teaching is the nonnegotiablecore to ensure that all students learn mathematics" (Brahier, Leinwand, and Huinker 2014, p. 656). This article provides a framework outlining research-informed mathematics teaching practices to promote students' mathematical reasoning and problem solving (NCTM 2014). Consistent with the aforementioned points, the goal of this article is to describe an algebraic task that illustrates the connections between Principles to Actions and current mathematics standards. By integrating tasks that promote problem solving and mathematical sense making, middle school teachers have the potential to captivate their students and engage them in fruitful mathematical experiences.