Rags to Riches

This polynomial learning game is based on the format of the popular Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show. In each round, players are given a multiple choice question about factoring polynomial expressions. Players are provided with three hints, each of which will eliminate one or two of the multiple choice answers. Players compete in 12 rounds of increasing difficulty, in the hope of winning a (fake) million dollars.

Polynomial Jeopardy
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Polynomial Jeopardy is a second game show-based polynomial learning title. In Polynomial Jeopardy, players practice adding, subtracting and multiplying polynomials. Gamers familiar with the Jeopardy format will recognize Polynomial Jeopardy's gameplay: there is an array of categories and "clues" of increasing difficulty. The game supports both one-player and two-player gameplay.

ABSTRACT The following class of antagonistic differential games is considered. A polynomial f(x) = xm + a1xm 1 + ... + am, m 1, is

given. Two players replace in turn one of the coefficients ai by an arbitrary real number (each coefficient is used one time only); moreover one of the players aims to make the equation f such that it has the maximum possible number of pairwise distinct real roots. The aim of the second player is opposite.

1. FOIL Bingo - I like that this challenges students to problem solve and figure out ways to work backwards, since I give the "answer" (the resulting polynomial) and they have the "question" (the binomials to be multiplied) on their bingo cards. This was a little difficult for some of them, but if you give them the bingo cards ahead of time, have them multiply the problems out and then start the game, it will be much easier. This is actually a repurposed version of my factoring polynomials bingo game for Algebra II, which shows how you can use this game for a lot of different things. You can plug pretty much anything in there and create a game quickly and easily. Multiplying Polynomials Matching Game - The kids enjoyed this much more than bingo 2. and completed it more quickly than I anticipated. It contains problems where they distribute a monomial or binomial and a couple of monomial multiplication problems (the last part being a sort of spiral review). After doing it in class though, now I'm thinking that you could fold the FOIL problems into this game and have it work much better as one large game. This PDF contains the two sets of cards and a key on page 3.