More Factorising Practice

Most of you found the second method of factorising trinomials easier to understand – so use this method!

Watch out for those signs though!

Practice makes perfect!  - please complete, in your jotter,  the factorise trinomials we started in class.

Click here to view the questions

Remember – if you are not sure about anything – come and see me before the lesson.

Factorising Trinomials

Todays lesson was an introduction to factorising trinomials using a T-table.

For example       

The steps are

  1. Write down the factors of the x squared term on the left of the table (both factors will contain x)
  2. Look at the last term and write down all the factors in the right hand side of the table.
  3. Cross multiply to find the middle term.
  4. Write the factorised equation in two brackets & check by multiplying out (FOIL)

click here for an example.

 

Welcome

Hello all,

I thought it would be a good idea to start a class blog – so here it is!

Blogs can be used in many ways to add another dimension to your learning – I intend to post relevant class- related information as well as links to maths related websites and games.

Please feel free to comment on the blog - I intend to create pupil accounts so that you can post Maths related messages on this blog – let me know if you have any good ideas on how we can use this site :-)

I have reposted the revision materials from the other web page into the message below. I have scheduled the calculator test for Thursday and the non-calculator test for Friday.  Good luck!

Revision for November test

I have move this revision table from the other web page as I think it’s a good idea to keep all our online material together. Remember if you find things in the revision material that you don’t understand ask me and I’ll cover them in Tuesday’s revision lesson.
Revision for November test

Revision Timetable

 

Revision
Date
Time Revision
Sheets
Solutions Online
resources
17/11/2008 2 x 20 mins Revision sheet 1 – Calculations Sheet 1 percentages
reverse percentages
18/11/2008 2 x 20 mins Revision sheet 2 – Integers Sheet 2 negative numbers
BODMAS
19/11/2008 2 x 20 mins Revision sheet 3 - Algebra   simplifying
equations

solving equations
20/11/2008 2 x 20 mins continue with
sheet 3
Sheet 3  
23/11/2008 2 x 20 mins Revision sheet 4 – Money Sheet 4  
24/11/2008 2 x 20 mins Revision sheet 5 Speed, Distance & Time    
25/11/2008 2 x 20 mins