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How Do You Find the Factors of a Monomial?
Usually you are supposed to write things in simplest form, but now you need to go backwards and write it in factored form. Some of you may look at it and think it's expanded form. Either way you look at it, watch the teacher break it...
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What's the Power of a Quotient Rule?
What's the definition of the power of a quotient rule? You have a fraction that has variables and exponents in the numerator and the denominator, and the whole thing is to a power. Oh my! Don't cry! You can do this. Once you see the rule...
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How Do You Find the Degree of a Polynomial?
How do you determine the degree of a term? How do you determine the degree of a polynomial? Oh my! Observe the teacher as she shows you just how to figure out the degrees, first of terms, then of polynomials.
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem by Taking a Monomial to a Power?
You've got a cube and a monomial for the length of a side, how do you find the volume? Oh, and the monomial expression has exponents. Just use the formula for finding the volume of a cube and use the properties of powers to multiply the...
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How Do You Multiply Monomials?
Use the associative property of multiplication to regroup the like terms in this polynomial multiplication expression. Then multiply the terms and make sure it is in simplest form.
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What's a Mixed Expression?
The instructor defines the meaning of a mixed expression and writes an example. She identifies each part, the monomial, and the algebraic expression.
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What's a Monomial?
Monomials are numbers, variables, product of number(s) and variable(s). However, any expression with addition, subtraction or division in it is not a monomial. The instructor gives many examples.
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What's a Factor?
The instructors shows how to identify factors by breaking apart the numbers and variables of a product.
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How Do You Take the Power of a Monomial?
Want to learn how to multiply to the power of a monomial? Here's a short explanation of just how to do that.
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How Do You Divide Monomials Using Quotient of Powers?
Help your mathematicians learn how to find a quotient through dividing monomials.
They will also learn how to use the quotient of powers rule to simplify. Note: a great video to show to your remedial Algebra learners.
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How Do You Multiply Binomials Using the Distributive Property?
Check this out. Multiply binomials using the distributive property. It's really not that difficult to do. Watch this video as the instructor illustrates the steps to distribute, and then combines the like terms to simplify.
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How Do You Simplify an Algebraic Fraction by Canceling Common Factors?
Use prime factorization to simplify this algebraic fraction. When the factorization is done then cancel out all values in which a value from the numerator and a value from the denominator equal 1. And what is left over is then the...
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What's the Power of a Quotient Rule?
What's the definition of the power of a quotient rule? You have a fraction that has variables and exponents in the numerator and the denominator, and the whole thing is to a power. Oh my! Don't cry! You can do this. Once you see the rule...
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How Do You Divide Monomials Using the Greatest Common Factor?
Factor out the greatest common factor to simplify a rational expression. When the greatest common factor is divided out of the numerator and the denominator what is left is the rational expression in simplest form. Watch as the teacher...
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How Do You Find the Degree of a Polynomial?
How do you determine the degree of a term? How do you determine the degree of a polynomial? Oh my! Observe the teacher as she shows you just how to figure out the degrees, first of terms, then of polynomials.
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How Do You Multiply Quotients of Monomials by Canceling Factors?
Multiply algebraic fractions. But first cancel or reduce the numerators and denominators, then do the multiplying. Cancel out the common factors in these monomials. It is always a good idea to reduce as much as possible before...
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How Do You Convert a Mixed Expression To a Rational Expression?
Given a monomial and a polynomial, rewrite the expression as a rational number. This is not as confusing as you might think. First is to make the monomial a rational number by giving it a denominator. Once that is done, numbers can be...
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How Do You Find the Least Common Multiple of Monomials?
Looking for the least common multiple, not the greatest common factor. It's so easy to mix these up. It may seem a little confusing at first because there are variables and exponents in the monomial examples. Watch this video and get...
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How Do You Find a Missing Factor in a Monomial Equation?
A monomial has been factored into two smaller monomials, but one of them is missing. The instructor demonstrates how to set this up like a long division problem to find the missing monomial. She uses one of the exponent rules to subtract...
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How Do You Multiply a Monomial by a Polynomial?
The instructor gives an example of how to multiply a monomial times a trinomial. She explains verbally what she is doing but does not write each multiplication step on the board.
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How Do You Find a Missing Factor in a Monomial Equation?
A monomial has been factored into two smaller monomials, but one of them is missing. The instructor demonstrates how to set this up like a long division problem to find the missing monomial. She uses one of the exponent rules to subtract...
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How Do You Find the Area of a Rectangle Whose Sides are a Monomial and a Polynomial?
Yes, it's a real-world word problem, but it's as easy as multiplying a monomial and a polynomial. Then all you have to do is to make sure you write it in simplest form.
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How Do You Multiply a Monomial by a Polynomial?
The instructor gives an example of how to multiply a monomial times a trinomial. She explains verbally what she is doing but does not write each multiplication step on the board.
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Sophia: Factoring Monomials: Lesson 2
This lesson will cover how to factor the coefficient separately from each variable in order to factor a monomial. It is 2 of 11 in the series titled "Factoring Monomials."