Math meme of the WEEK

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Puzzle of the Day
COSS – Rudolff’s Problem
Rudolff's book, called Coss, written in 1525, was the first
German algebra book. The reason for the title is that cosa
is a 'thing', a term used for the unknown. Algebraists were
called cossists, and algebra the cossic art, for many years.

Here is the problem:

A group of 20 people pay a total of $20 to see an
exhibition. The admission price is $3 for men, $2 for
women and 50¢ for children. How many men, women and
children are there in the group? 2
ALGEBRA
Recall: Algebraic Expansion
The Distributive Property / Distributive Law

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 1

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 2

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 3

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 4

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 5

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 6

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 7

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Example 8

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Practice Questions

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Practice Questions

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Recall: Algebraic Expansion
Practice Questions

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1 Special Products
Special Products
Perfect Squares
 Square of a Binomial
• 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝟐 Square of a Sum
𝟐
• 𝒂−𝒃 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝟐 Square of a Difference

Expand each of the following using the perfect square rule:

2 2 5. 3𝑝 + 2𝑠 2
1. 𝑝 + 8 3. 2𝑝 + 5
2 2 6. 4𝑚 − 5𝑛 2
2. 𝑚 − 9 4. 3𝑚 − 2

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Special Products
Sum and Difference of Same Terms
• 𝒂+𝒃 𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 Difference of Two Squares
Example:
𝒎+𝟔 𝒎 − 𝟔 = 𝒎𝟐 − 𝟔𝟐 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔
Expand each of the following using the difference of two squares rule:

1. 𝑝 + 5 𝑝 − 5 3. 8 + 𝑘 8 − 𝑘 5. 3𝑝 + 5𝑘 3𝑝 − 5𝑘

2. 𝑚 + 7 𝑚 − 7 4. 2𝑚 + 3 2𝑚 − 3 6. 5𝑚 + 𝑛 𝑛 − 5𝑚

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Special Products
Square of a Polynomial
• 𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝒄 +𝟐𝒃𝒄
𝟐
• 𝒂−𝒃+𝒄 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝒄 −𝟐𝒃𝒄

Expand each of the following using the perfect square rule:

2 3. 𝑝 − 𝑞 + 2𝑟 2
1. 𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟

2 4. 2𝑝 + 3𝑞 − 𝑟 2
2. 𝑝 + 2𝑞 + 3𝑟

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Special Products
Cube of a Binomial
• 𝒂+𝒃 𝟑 = 𝒂𝟑 + 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒃 + 𝟑𝒂𝒃𝟐 + 𝒃𝟑
• 𝒂−𝒃 𝟑 = 𝒂𝟑 − 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒃 + 𝟑𝒂𝒃𝟐 − 𝒃𝟑
Expand each of the following using the cube of a binomial rule:

1. 𝑝 + 𝑟 3 3
3. 2𝑝 + 3

2. 𝑚 + 2 3 3
4. 3𝑚 − 2

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2 Practice
Exercise 3,5
 Fluency 5, 6,7, 8 and 9
 Understanding 10, 11 and 12
 Reasoning 14 and 15
 Open – ended 16, 17 and 18
Exercise 3,6
 Fluency 2 (p to v), 3, 4, 5 and 6
 Understanding 7 and 8
 Reasoning 9, 10, 11 and 12
 Open – ended 13