Magic X
F.O.I.L
Box Method
solving
rules
100
what goes on the top of the "X"?
what is AC?
OR
what is C?
100
what does F.O.I.L stand for?
What is First Outer Inner Last?
100
Where does each part of the equation go in the box?
Write your first squared term in the upper left box and your last term in the lower right box
100
What are the factors of x2+4x+3?
What are (x+1)(x+3)?
100
What is (x+1)2 fully written out?
what is (x+1)(x+1)?
200
what is the highest degree in a quadratic function?
what is 2?
200
what is the next step after you foil out a polynomial?
What is combine like terms?
200
if the the first polynomial has 3 terms and the second polynomial has 2 terms, what are the dimensions of the box?
What is 3x2?
200
what are the factors of x2-5x+6?
what are (x-2)(x-3)?
200
what do you always do after you multiply the numbers?
what is combining like terms?
300
how many terms are in a trinomial?
what is 3?
300
what is the only time the foil method works?
What is multiplying binomials?
300
what size polynomial works with the box method?
what is any size?
300
what is the simplified form of (2x+4)(3x-5)?
what is 6x2+2x-20?
300
what should you always start to look for right away?
what is GCF?
400
what process do you use when a>1?
what is finding the factors of a and c that equal b then dividing by a?
400
what is another name for F.O.I.L?
What is double distributive?
400
how do you determine the size/dimensions of the box?
What is finding the number of terms in each polynomial you are multiplying?
400
what are the factors of 2x2+7x+3?
what are (2x+1)(x+3)?
400
what is the standard form of a quadratic equation?
what is ax2+bx+c?
500
what factoring method is described by the following steps?
1. draw "()" and fill in variable
2. Place b and c values in the "X"
3. determine values
4. determine your signs
5. check by distributing
What is the "Magic X"?
500
what is the second step of FOILing the equation (2x+4)(3x-5)?
what is 2x•-5=10x
500
how would put the equation (x3-8x2+6x-11)(x2+4x-7) in a box?
what is 
500
What is the simplified form of (6x2-2x+5)(4x-3)?
What is 24x3-26x2+26x-15?
500
what is the vertex form of a quadratic equation?
f(x) = a(x - h)2 + k