Binomial expansion

This lesson is designed to build and extend student understanding of binomial expansion through inquiry. Students are encouraged to work collaboratively to pose questions and share their understandings as they practise a procedure, find examples to interpret and change a prompt. They will learn when and how to use different methods to expand binomials. As students become more comfortable, examples become more challenging for students to calculate. The teacher guides and support students as they explore various patterns. Downloadable resources are provided to assist with teaching the topic.

Resource details

Year level

Year 9

Purpose

Assessment advice Teaching resource Teaching strategies Assessment tasks

Strand

Algebra Number

Topic

Algebraic expressions Patterns and algebra Properties of number Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division

Audience

Teachers

Format

Downloadable resource

Australian Curriculum code

AC9M9A02

Numeracy progression

Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P9)

Publisher

Inquiry Maths

Copyright

© Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Keywords

factorisation distributive property algebraic expression binomial expansion