Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Techniques for performing operations on polynomials.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Accurately perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational expressions.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- They can communicate a mathematical justification for all four operations on rational expressions being closed.
- The structure of mathematics present in the system of rational numbers is also present in the system of rational expressions.
Vocabulary
- Rational expression
- Closed under an operation
- Nonzero rational expression
- Analogous
