Bring some concrete reasoning to the skills of multiplying and combining terms. Using various strategies, the six activities in the module provide practice for the skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and diving polynomials. The module is the third in a complete Algebra II series.

Concepts

properties of operations, addition polynomials, polynomials, subtraction polynomials, division polynomials, multiplication polynomials

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Encourage pupils to use different strategies for operations of polynomials before choosing a preference
• Use the lessons as opening activities

Classroom Considerations

• Requires proficiency with combining like terms and using the distributive property

Pros

• Provides instruction notes in the teaching guide
• Emphasizes the use of the math practice standard skills

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSN-RN.B.3 HSN-CN.A.1 HSN-CN.A.2 HSN-CN.C.7 HSN-CN.C.8 HSN-CN.C.9 HSA-APR.A.1 HSA-APR.B.2 HSA-APR.C.5 HSA-REI.B.4.a HSF-IF.C.7.a HSF-BF.A.1.a HSF-BF.A.1.b