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LESSONS:
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* • Thinking About Factoring (definition, common factor, GCF) blacktriangle
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 Factoring the Difference of Two Squares (a2 - b2), conjugate pairs blacktriangle
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 Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials (a + b)2 and (a - b)2 blacktriangle
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 Trinomial Factoring Part 1 ( a = 1 for ax2 + bx + c) blacktriangle
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 Trinomial Factoring by Grouping (when a = 1) (to see how factoring develops) blacktriangle
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 Factoring Completely (summary of steps in factoring) blacktriangle
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Trinomial Factoring Part 2 ( a ≠ 1 for ax2 + bx + c, "trial and error")
  
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 Trinomial Factoring by Grouping (a ≠ 1, "split middle", "ac" method), grouping  
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 Factoring by Grouping with a Grid Box  
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 Trinomial Factoring "Slide and Divide" Method (a ≠ 1, "slip and slide")  
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 Factoring Higher Powers (combining methods, substitution method)  
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 Zeros of Polynomials (Zero Product Property) blacktriangle
  Zeros of Polynomial Functions blacktriangle
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 Factors and Graphing Polynomials blacktriangle
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 Trinomials Not Factorable blacktriangle
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PRACTICE:
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 Factoring Common Factors Practice blacktriangle
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 Factoring Difference of Perfect Squares blacktriangle
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 Factoring Mixed Practice 1 (a = 1) blacktriangle
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 Factoring Applications 1 (a = 1) blacktriangle
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 Factoring Trinomials Practice (a ≠1)  
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 Factoring Applications 2 (all styles)  
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 Zeros of Polynomials blacktriangle
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