Don't trip on the STEPS!
The first thing you should do when factoring a polynomial is this....
Label your parts A, B and C
x² + 4x + 3
(x + 1) (x + 3)
x² - 5x + 4
(x-4) (x-1)
x² + 3x - 4
(x+4) (x-1)
Lake Stevens High School has 2 or 3 lunches....
2
The first step to factoring a polynomial is to find the factor pairs of what letter
C
x² + 8x + 7
(x+7) (x+1)
x² - 13x + 4
(x-11) (x-2)
x² + 7x - 18
(x+9) (x-2)
The tallest building at the high school has how many stories?
3
The second step is to find the pair of numbers that _______ up to B
Adds
x² + 9x + 20
(x+4) (x+5)
x² - 8x -20
(x + 2) (x - 10)
x² + 5x - 36
(x + 9) (x - 4)
True or False, you can leave the campus perimeter to go get food.
False, you can eat many places on campus but you can't leave the fenced perimeter.
Once we find the number pair that is our answer, we put the answer in a framework. What does that framework look like?
(x )(x )
x² + 5x + 4
(x + 1) (x + 4)
x² + 2x - 35
(x + 7) (x - 5)
When you take PE at the high school do you need to purchase a PE shirt?
No, you still need to dress in athletic clothing but you do not have to buy a specific shirt (unified PE is the exception)
Put this number pair in the correct answer framework
3, -2
(x + 3) (x - 2)
x² + 9x + 14
(x + 2) (x + 7)
How serious do they take getting to school before the first bell?
a. not at all
b. the same as Cav
c. very seriously, more consequences