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Factoring Quadratic Equations

Description – Visually and mathematically learn to factor quadratic trinomial equations. Builds pattern recognition and rules of thumb skills to factor quadratic equations. Learn when a quadratic trinomial can not be factored.

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  • Using linear binomials to model the sides of a rectangle
  • Learn to use tiles to model a quadratic trinomial
  • Learn to reverse the FOIL method to factor a trinomial
  • Learn to understand factoring as the reverse of multiplying polynomials
  • Learn to manipulate polynomials into standard form to facilitate factoring
  • Learn to factor a quadratic trinomial’s coefficients in order to fit factoring patterns
  • Learn that if a tile model of a quadratic trinomial can not be put into a rectangle that it can not be factored
  • Learn the formula to tell if a quadratic trinomial can be factored

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polynomials, trinomials, factoring, factors, quadratic equation, FOIL Method

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