Expanding Double Brackets
Expand products of two or more binomials, e.g., (x + 3)(x - 2) = x² + x - 6, using the grid method or FOIL; simplify the result by collecting like terms
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Can your child multiply out two brackets like (x + 3)(x − 2) and collect the terms to get x² + x − 6?
Expand products of two or more binomials, e.g., (x + 3)(x - 2) = x² + x - 6, using the grid method or FOIL; simplify the result by collecting like terms
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- Expand the product of two binomials using a systematic method (grid or FOIL)
- Collect like terms after expansion to simplify the result
- Expand products involving negative terms correctly
“Can your child multiply out two brackets like (x + 3)(x − 2) and collect the terms to get x² + x − 6?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Algebra
- Age range
- Ages 13–14
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