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ALGEBRAIC TECHNIQUES CH 8
Learning Intention:
 To know how to apply the distributive law to binomial products
 To be able to expand and simplify binomial products
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8A

EXPANDING
BINOMIAL PRODUCTS 8A
RECTANGULAR EXPANSIONS
 EXAMPLES

a b c d

x 5

x x2 5x

3 3x 15
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU
a b c d
Learning Intention:
 To be able to identify a perfect square
 To be able to expand a perfect square
 To understand what type of expansion forms a difference of perfect squares
(DOPS)
 To be able to expand to form a difference of perfect squares
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8B

PERFECT SQUARES &

DIFFERENCE OF
PERFECT SQUARES
8B
SEEING THE PATTERN
 EXAMPLES
1 a

2
a b
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU
1
a b

2
a b
Learning Intention:
 To be able to identify a highest common factor of two or more terms
 To understand what it means to write an expression in factorised form
 To understand the relationship between factorised and expanded form
 To be able to factorise an expression involving a common factor
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8C

FACTORISING
ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS 8C
HCF, HCF, HCF, HCF, HCF, HCF, HCF, HCF
 EXAMPLES
1
a b

2
a b

c d
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU
1
a b

2
a b

c d
Learning Intention:
 To be able to recognise a difference of perfect squares (DOPS)
 To be able to express a DOPS in factorised form
 To know to check for a common factor first before further factorisation
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8D

FACTORISING
THE DIFFERENCE OF PERFECT
SQUARES (DOPS)
8D
D.O.P.S.

ALWAYS look for a

Highest Common Factor
BEFORE you do
anything else
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (C)

a b c

a b c
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (C)
a b c

a b c
 EXAMPLE – BE CAREFUL!!
You can also have examples like those on the previous slide but ‘reversed’.
In ALL these situations though you need to be careful to keep the curved brackets so
that you are not ‘tripped up’ by the negative sign:

eg. For you to try:

Learning Intention:
 To know that a common factor can include a binomial term
 To be able to use the grouping method to factorise some four-term expressions
 To know that expressions can be rearranged to find common factors to use in
the grouping process
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8E

FACTORISING
BY GROUPING 8E
FOUR-TERM EXPRESSIONS
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (C)

a b c
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (C)

a b c
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (C)
a b c
Learning Intention:
 To know the form of a quadratic trinomial
 To understand how a quadratic trinomial is formed from a binomial expansion
 To know how to find the numbers required to express a quadratic trinomial in
factorised form
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8F

FACTORISING
QUADRATIC TRINOMIALS 8F
QUADRATIC TRINOMIALS
An expression that takes the form , where and are constants, is an example of a monic
quadratic trinomial that has the coefficient of equal to 1. To factorise a quadratic
expression, we need to use the distributive law in reverse.
Consider the expansion shown below:
 TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
Taking a closer look at the expansion on the previous slide you can see how each
term of the product is formed:
THE FIRST STEP
a b c
 …NOW FOR THE FUN!!
a b c
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU
a b c
EXAMPLE

Now you try:

Learning Intention:
 To understand that cancelling in algebraic fractions can only take place using a common factor
 To be able to simplify algebraic fractions by cancelling common factors
 To know to factorise expressions and cancel common factors before multiplying or dividing
 To be able to multiply algebraic fractions by multiplying numerators and denominators
 To be able to divide an algebraic fraction by multiplying by the reciprocal of the fraction after
the division sign
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8H

MULTIPLYING & DIVIDING

ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS 8H
YOU ARE CANCELLING FACTORS!!
With a numerical fraction such as the highest common factor of 6 and 9 is 3
which can be cancelled:

For algebraic fractions the process is the same. If expressions are in a factorised
form, common factors can be easily identified and cancelled.
So therefore,
SUMMARY
 EXAMPLES
a b c
 EXAMPLES

a b
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU

a b
Learning Intention:
 To know the form of a quadratic trinomial
 To be able to find a lowest common denominator involving numbers and pronumerals
 To know to express each fraction as an equivalent fraction with a common
denominator before combining under addition or subtraction
 To be able to add or subtract numerators by simplifying
Success Criteria:
You are able to complete Ex 8I

ADDING & SUBTRACTING

ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS 8I
 LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR

a b
 QUESTIONS FOR YOU

a b
EXAMPLES – YOU DO (B)

a b
TEST(50% OF LT1)
• Your camera MUST be turned on during the entirety of this assessment.

• Cheat-sheet/Textbook/Workbook are all permitted.

• Please show ALL calculations – marks are allocated for your working as well as the answer.

• 15 minutes AFTER the end of class is available for submission of your complete.

assessment to: Compass  Learning Tasks  Factorising Test.

• Please place any jpegs into a Word document for submission.

 EXTENSION: 8G, 8J & 8K
Useful for those intending to do Yr 10 Advanced Maths BUT no class time
will be given to these exercises.
Please note that they will not be included in the Yr 9 Assessment Task

EXTENSION Ch 8