Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factoring with Trinomials, Difference of Squares and Greatest Common Factors

(Section 4-3 and 4-4 – Alg 2)

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factoring Trinomials with no leading coefficient

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 1

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 2

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 3

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factoring a Trinomial with a leading coefficient

ax2 + bx + c

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 4

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 5

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 6

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 7

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Difference of Squares

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 8

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 9

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 10

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 11

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 12 x2 + 16

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

ALWAYS FACTOR THE GREATEST COMMON FACTOR FIRST!

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 13

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 14

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 15

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Factor the expression.

Example 16

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Solving Quadratic Equations

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Solve the equation.

Example 17

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Solve the equation.

Example 18

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Solve the equation.

Example 19

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

Solve the equation.

Example 20 x2 – 3x = -2

Essential Question: How do you factor a trinomial and how is it used to solve a quadratic equation?Students will write a summary that describes factoring an expression and solving a quadratic equation.

HW #2 Practice 4-3 (1-___odd) and Practice 4-4 (1-___odd)