Ok, that’s kind of wordy and doesn’t have a very smooth sound to it! I have seen Advanced Algebra Trig called MANY different things by many different schools. Some that I’ve heard of are Algebra 2 with Trig, just Advanced Algebra (no trig), and Algebra 2. Usually it is the class you take after Geometry and before Precalculus. I personally have students in both the honors version and regular version of this class so I will record videos for each!

 

My students in the regular version are in the middle of factoring right now. I’ve recorded a video that takes you through a checklist of all the different types of factoring. Just remember to always check for a GCF first…you will save yourself a lot of work (if there is one) because it will make all of the numbers a LOT smaller and easier to work with 🙂

 

 

My honors students have moved past basic factoring but are now using it to simplify rational expressions. You probably know those better as “those really messy looking fractions that have a bunch of x’s in the top and bottom”! Here are a few examples…

 

 

Join me again next Wednesday for more Advanced Algebra Trig (or whatever your school calls it!), and tomorrow we will take a look at some Geometry!