Math 7 – Quiz 3 Reviewer (3rd Quarter)

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Multiplying Polynomials

There are 3 ways:

1. Distributive
2. Foil (First, Outer, Inner, Last)
3. BOX

DISTRIBUTIVE TUTORIAL:

FOIL TUTORIAL:

BOX TUTORIAL:

Example: (5x + 2) (2x + 5)

Examples

1. (3x – 2) (4 + 5x)
2. (4x + 5y) (6y – 3x)
3. (5x – 2y) (4y – 2y)

Distributive Foil Box

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Multiplying polynomials and binomials to find area

We can use the area of a rectangle to explain how you multiply a

polynomial by a monomial.
Example

Find the area of this rectangle.

This method is called the distributive property. The distributive property

shows us how to write an expression in a different way.

a(b+c)= ab + ac

Example

With numbers

5(2+6)= 5⋅2+5⋅6 =10+30= 40

With variables and numbers:

7x+4x= x(7+4)= 11x7x+4x= x(7+4)= 11x

We can use the area of another rectangle to explain what happens when
you multiply two binomials.

Example

The area of the rectangle can be calculated by the use of the distributive
property:

A = (4x + 3) + (2x + 2)
= 4x (2x + 2)+ 3 (2x + 2)
= 8x2 + 8x + 6x + 6
= 8x2 + 14x + 6