Week Three - Paraire 7th Mei

Today we looked at simplifying products of algebraic terms. A product is a series of letters and number multiplied together. There are three steps in order to simplify these:

1. Multiply all the numbers e.g. 3a x 4 = 12a
2. Follow this with the letters in alphabetical order e.g. 6b x 2a x c = 12abc
3. For more than one of the same letter use a power e.g. b x b x b x b = b^4

These can all be combined e.g. 3q x p x 4q = 12pq^2

Homework: 8.01 & 8.05
Other homework from last week: 1.10, 7.05, 8.02 & 8.03