Alissa Fong

MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Adding and Subtracting Polynomials - Concept

Alissa Fong
Alissa Fong

MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area

Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts

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When we add or subtract polynomials, there may be parentheses that show the groupings of each polynomial, but don't actually mean multiplication, like we're used to. To add or subtract, combine "like terms"- that is, terms with the same variables with the same exponents. One strategy is to line up the polynomials vertically with "like terms" stacked on top of each other. You could also draw pictures to represent polynomials, with different shape rectangles to represent x squared terms, x terms, or constants.

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