Monograph,  No. 9,  Publications,  Teaching Ideas

Polynomials

Monograph No. 9: 56 Ideas – Make It, Take It

December 1987

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

Editors William Bober and John Percevault

Acknowledgements

Robert Michie

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Polynomials

Objectives:

1. To identify characteristics of polynomials such as terms, coefficients, variables, and degrees.
2. To distinguish between polynomials of different degrees.
3. To distinguish among polynomials of the same degree.
4. To be able to give geometric analogs for parts of polynomials.