Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Common factoring techniques.
- When a factorization of a polynomial reveals a root of that polynomial.
- When a rearrangement of the terms of a polynomial expression can reveal a recognizable factorable form of the polynomial.
- Relationships of roots to points on the graph of the polynomial.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Use techniques for factoring polynomials.
- Use factors of polynomials to find zeros.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Important features of the graph of a polynomial can be revealed by its zeros and by inputting values between the identified roots of the given polynomial.
Vocabulary
- Factorization
- Zeros
- Polynomial
