Checking and securing understanding of the product of two binomials
I can use the distributive law to find the product of two binomials.
Checking and securing understanding of the product of two binomials
I can use the distributive law to find the product of two binomials.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The distributive law can be used to find the product of two binomials.
- An area model can be used to explore the underlying structure.
- Both of the terms in one bracket must be multiplied by both terms in the second.
Keywords
Binomial - A binomial is an algebraic expression representing the sum or difference of exactly 2 unlike terms.
Partial product - Any of the multiplication results that lead up to an overall multiplication result.
Common misconception
Missing out partial products.
Use an area model to demonstrate this. If pupils do not wish to draw the models they should be using the distributive law instead e.g. (x + 2)(x + 3) as x(x + 3)+2(x + 3)
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