Mr. Appledorf's On-Line PowerPoint Math Lessons
Multiplying Binomials
Objectives:
Students will explain and use F.O.I.L. to multiply binomials, then use it to derive rules for how to multiply binomials mentally.
NCTM Standards:
Students should develop an appreciation of mathematical justification in the study of all mathematical content. In high school, their standards for accepting explanations should become more stringent, and they should develop a repertoire of increasingly sophisticated methods of reasoning and proof.
California Content Standards:
10.0 Students add, subtract, multiply, and divide monomials and polynomials.
Slides:
* Multiplying Binomials
* F.O.I.L
* Multiplying Binomials Mentally
* Practice: Multiplying Binomials Mentally
* Positive and Negative
* Two Negatives
* Sign Summary
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