In case you are trying the MARS MAP Classroom Challenges for the first time, it is recommended that you read the Brief Guide for teachers and administrators before you get started.
In this lesson students make connections between representations, clear parentheses, simplify, factorize, and use the arithmetic of polynomials in a purposive context.
To help you assess how well students are able to manipulate and calculate with polynomials.
To identify and help students who have difficulties in switching between visual and algebraic representations of polynomial expressions.
To identify and help students who have difficulties in performing arithmetic operations on algebraic representations of polynomials, factorizing and expanding appropriately when it helps to make the operations easier.