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Standard Form and Factored Form: Algebra 1, Episode 8: Unit 6, Lesson 9 | Illustrative Math

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Previously in this video series, students used area diagrams to expand expressions of the form (x + p)(x + q) and generalized that the expanded expressions take the form of x2 + (p + q)x + pq. In this video lesson, they see that the same generalization can be applied when the factored expression contains a sum and a difference (when p or q is negative) or two differences (when both p and q are negative).

Students transition from thinking about rectangular diagrams concretely, in terms of area, to thinking about them more abstractly, as a way to organize the terms in each factor. They also learn to use the terms standard form and factored form. When classifying quadratic expressions by their form, students refine their language and thinking about quadratic expressions (MP6).

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 8 - Grade 8 Accelerated

    MA19.8A.5

    Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to rewrite it. [Algebra I with Probability, 5]

    Unpacked Content

    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.
    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 8 - Grade 8 Accelerated

    MA19.8A.11

    Select an appropriate method to solve a quadratic equation in one variable.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.8A.11

    Vocabulary

    • quadratic equation
    • Square root
    • Factoring
    • Completing the square
    • quadratic formula
    • Derive
    • Real numbers
    • Imaginary numbers
    • Complex numbers

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Any real number has two square roots, that is, if a is the square root of a real number then so is -a.
    • The method for completing the square.
    • A quadratic equation in standard form (ax2+bx+c=0) has real roots when b2-4ac is greater than or equal to zero and complex roots when b2-4ac is less than zero.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Take the square root of both sides of an equation.
    • Factor quadratic expressions in the form x2+bx+c where the leading coefficient is one.
    • Use the factored form to find zeros of the function.
    • Complete the square.
    • Use the quadratic formula to find solutions to quadratic equations.
    • Manipulate equations to rewrite them into other forms.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Solutions to a quadratic equation must make the original equation true and this should be verified.
    • When the quadratic equation is derived from a contextual situation, proposed solutions to the quadratic equation should be verified within the context given, as well as mathematically.
    • Different procedures for solving quadratic equations are necessary under different conditions.
    • If ab=0, then at least one of a or b must be zero (a=0 or b=0) and this is then used to produce the two solutions to the quadratic equation.
    • Whether the roots of a quadratic equation are real or complex is determined by the coefficients of the quadratic equation in standard form (ax2+bx+c=0).
    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 09-12 - Algebra I with Probability

    MA19.A1.5

    Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to rewrite it.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.A1.5

    Vocabulary

    • Terms
    • Linear expressions
    • Equivalent expressions
    • Difference of two squares
    • Factor
    • Difference of squares

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Algebraic properties.
    • 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.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Generating equivalent algebraic expressions facilitates the investigation of more complex algebraic expressions.
    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 09-12 - Algebra I with Probability

    MA19.A1.9

    Select an appropriate method to solve a quadratic equation in one variable.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.A1.9

    Vocabulary

    • Completing the square
    • Quadratic equations
    • Quadratic formula
    • Inspection
    • Imaginary numbers
    • Binomials
    • Trinomials

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Any real number has two square roots, that is, if a is the square root of a real number then so is -a.
    • The method for completing the square.
    • Notational methods for expressing complex numbers.
    • A quadratic equation in standard form (ax2+bx+c=0) has real roots when b2-4ac is greater than or equal to zero and complex roots when b2-4ac is less than zero.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Accurately use properties of equality and other algebraic manipulations including taking square roots of both sides of an equation.
    • Accurately complete the square on a quadratic polynomial as a strategy for finding solutions to quadratic equations.
    • Factor quadratic polynomials as a strategy for finding solutions to quadratic equations.
    • Rewrite solutions to quadratic equations in useful forms including a ± bi and simplified radical expressions.
    • Make strategic choices about which procedures (inspection, completing the square, factoring, and quadratic formula) to use to reach a solution to a quadratic equation.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Solutions to a quadratic equation must make the original equation true and this should be verified.
    • When the quadratic equation is derived from a contextual situation, proposed solutions to the quadratic equation should be verified within the context given, as well as mathematically.
    • Different procedures for solving quadratic equations are necessary under different conditions.
    • If ab=0, then at least one of a or b must be zero (a=0 or b=0) and this is then used to produce the two solutions to the quadratic equation.
    • Whether the roots of a quadratic equation are real or complex is determined by the coefficients of the quadratic equation in standard form (ax2+bx+c=0).
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