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POW Math forum HELP! Factor Bingo?
The students in Ms. Nomial’s algebra class like to play Factor Bingo. Each student gets a bingo card, and then Ms. Nomial starts writing polynomials on the board. Students fully factor each polynomial, and then cover any of those factors that they have on their card. The first student to cover 5 factors in a row, column, or diagonal wins the game.
Imagine you are in Ms. Nomial’s class, and this is the card you have:
So far, Ms. Nomial has written these polynomials on the board:
20×2 – 13x + 212x3y – 75xy3
6xz + 3yz – 8x – 4y12x2 + 23x – 24
What factors can you cover on your card? Use the letters in the corners of the squares to refer to them in your explanation.
What is one polynomial that could give you a winning card on the next turn?
What card do we have? There’s nothing in that space…
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