POLYNOMIAL DIVISION JIGSAW - Long Division

1. Use polynomial long division to divide (6x2 + 9x + 3) (2x + 1)

2. Use arithmetic long division to divide 693 21.

3. Compare your answers in problems 1 and 2. What can you say about the
coefficients of the quotients (answers) for each?

4. Use your answer to Problem 3 to make a conjecture about the quotient of (x 2

+ 6x + 8) (x + 4) based on the quotient of 168 14. Verify your conjecture
by using polynomial long division.

5. Explain how you can find the quotient of (x 2 + 6x + 5) (x + 5) using long

division.

6. Discuss whether every polynomial long division problem matches exactly with
a numerical long division problem. Give an example to support your
response.

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POLYNOMIAL DIVISION JIGSAW - Synthetic Division

1. Use synthetic division to find the quotient when x 5 1 is divided by x 1.

2. Use synthetic division to find the quotient when x 6 1 is divided by x 1.

3. Compare your answers to Problem 1 and Problem 2. Do you notice any

pattern? If so, explain.

4. Use the pattern from Problem 3 to write the quotient for x 9 1 divided by x
1 without doing the division.

5. Explain how to find the quotient of (x4 7x3 + 9x2 22x + 25) divided by (x
6).

6. Can you find the quotient of (60 16y2 + y4) divided by (10 y2) using
synthetic division? What conditions must be met in order to use synthetic
division?

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POLYNOMIAL DIVISION JIGSAW - Lattice/Box Method

1. Use the Lattice/Box method to divide (27x3 + 9x2 3x 10) by (3x 2).

2.

Use the Lattice/Box method to divide (x4 + 4x3 + 3x2 + 4x + 2) by (x2 + 1).

3. Now look at your boxes for Problems 1 and 2. Can you make a conjecture
about the number of rows and columns you will need to perform the division?
How can you predict how many rows and how many columns you will need in
your box? (*Hint: Look at the degrees of your dividend and divisor).

4. Now test your conjecture from Problem 3. Create your table first with the
number of rows and columns you believe you need, then use it to divide (3x 5
2x4 + 6x3 4x2 24x + 16) by (x2 + 4).

5. Explain how to divide (2x2 + x 10) by (x 2) using the Lattice/Box Method.

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