Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Multiplying Binomials and Factoring Trinomials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Two lessons for the price of one! Learners use algebra tiles to multiply binomials in the first lesson plan, Next, they use their knowledge from the first lesson plan to factor trinomials into two binomials.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Factorization of Quadratic Expressions: Boxes for Factoring

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
Create rectangles from the terms of a trinomial. The interactive provides virtual algebra tiles for participants to use to create quadratic trinomials. Pupils use the tiles and arrange them into a rectangle to find the factors of the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Classifying Complex Numbers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Imaginary numbers are a real thing. Scholars learn about complex numbers, real numbers, and imaginary numbers. They classify given numbers as strictly complex, strictly real, or strictly imaginary in an individual or group activity.
eBook
Rice University

Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Algebra concepts are all wrapped up in one nice bow. The resource combines all the concepts typically found in Algebra I and Algebra II courses in one eBook. The topics covered begin with solving linear equations and move to linear...
Interactive
PHET

Area Model Algebra

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Expand the pupils knowledge of using area models to algebra. The interactive allows learners to use the same procedure of getting partial products when multiplying multi-digit numbers to multiplying polynomials. Scholars see how the...
Handout
Cabrillo College

Elementary Algebra

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Hello Algebra! If you're in need of a resource with a books worth of examples and practice problems, this is it. Some topics include linear equations, polynomials and exponents, rational expressions, quadratic equations, and a...
eBook
Rice University

College Algebra

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is there more to college algebra than this? Even though the eBook is designed for a college algebra course, there are several topics that align to Algebra II or Pre-calculus courses. Topics begin with linear equation and inequalities,...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Factoring Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Factor in an informative resource when teaching about factoring. The 11th lesson in a 36-part module shows pupils how to factor algebraic expressions by applying the distributive property. Some of the problems involve expressions with...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Does Every Complex Number Have a Square Root?

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Help the class find a better way. Pupils recall finding nth roots or a complex number in polar form from a previous module to find the square root of a complex number. Using the second installment in a series of 23, scholars discover it...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Simplifying Radicals – Day 1

For Teachers 8th - 10th
It doesn't get simpler than this. Scholars first learn to simplify radicals by determining the prime factors of the radicand. The lesson plan progresses to simplifying radicals involving algebraic expressions in the radicand.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

An Integer Identity

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Challenge algebra learners to use the difference of cubes to solve this problem. Once your charges have taken out the factor (a - b), combined the like terms and set them equal to zero, the problem becomes a factorable quadratic...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Divisibility Rules Justified

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How do you know if a number is divisible? Instructors first prove the divisibility rules for three and four and then class members use this modeling to prove given divisibility rules for eight and nine either individually or in...