Expand binomial products and factorise monic quadratic expressions using a variety of strategies(VCMNA332)
LO: To factorise monic quadratic expressions.
Know:
- What is a quadratic expression
- What is factorising
- How to find factors of a number
Understand:
- That monic quadratic expressions can be factorised.
Do:
- I can factorise monic quadratic expressions.
Monic Quadratic Expressions
Remember: Algebraic expressions don’t have an equal sign (=).
A monic quadratic expression is always in the form x^2 + bx + c.
A monic quadratic always has the coefficient in front of the x-squared of 1.