UP:MA19.8A.5

Vocabulary

  • like terms
  • Expression
  • Factor
  • properties of operations (Appendix D, Table 1)
  • Difference of squares

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Properties of operations (including those in Appendix D, Table 1),
  • When one form of an algebraic expression is more useful than an equivalent form of that same expression.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • -Use algebraic properties to produce equivalent forms of the same expression by recognizing underlying mathematical structures.
    For example, 3(x-5) = 3x-15 and 2a+12 = 2(a+6) or3a-a+10+2and x2-2x-15 = (x-5) (x+3).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Generating simpler, but equivalent, algebraic expressions facilitates the investigation of more complex algebraic expressions.
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