Math 10 C: Homework Outline

Unit 1 : Chapter 3: Factors and Products

The following list is the recommended homework for Unit 1. If you have difficulty with the
homework, read your notes, read the examples in the textbook, and attend tutorials for additional
help. Be sure to try the entire assignment. Do not stop after the first three questions. Do
additional questions if necessary to understand a topic. Absent students are responsible for all
assigned work, regardless whether the absence is excused.
Class

Text

Outcome
Introduce Polynomials
Vocabulary: monomial, binomial,
trinomial, polynomial, numerical
coefficient, term, variable, degree,
expression

Assignment
Worksheet

Multiplying Polynomials
Vocabulary: expand, simplify,
distributive property, product, FOIL

Page 177 # 5, 6, 8, 9, 10,

Worksheet

3.7

Multiplying Polynomials
Special products
Area questions

Page 185 #1-3, 5, 7, 10-11,

15a,d & f, 16-17, 19, 20

3.1

Page 140# 3-4, 6-16 a & d,

17,20

3.3

Factors
Prime factorization
Greatest common factor
Least common multiple
Common Factors
Vocabulary: Factoring over the integers,
common factor, binomial common factor,
factor by grouping

Page 155 # 4, 7, 9, 11, 12,

14, 16, 18, 20,
Worksheet

3.4
3.5

Factoring Trinomials x 2 bx c
Use algebra tiles

Page 166 #4, 7, 9, 10, 11,

13-21

3.6

Page 177 #12 to 21

3.8

Factoring Trinomials ax 2 bx c
Factor by decomposition
Factor by guess and test
Factoring Special Polynomials
Vocabulary: difference of squares,
perfect square trinomial

Summarize all factoring methods

Worksheet

10/11

Review for test

Make Study Guide
Unit 1: TEST

Review pages 198 to 201

12

Page 194 #1-3, 5-7, 9, 10-13

a & d, 14-15

Hand in study guide