2.3 Dividing polynomials using synthetic division with missing a term - Online Tutor

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[MrBrianMcLogan]

that is awesome, I was unaware how they taught dividing polynomials overseas, I hope this helps and you are allowed to use this method because it is a great shortcut for certain problems!

[InvolvingSoup]

Do you teach at a public school? You seem like a great teacher! I could easily understand things by the way you teach. I go to a public school and my teachers have never ever told me how to do a problem in such detail as your video. I'm moving to a new school soon and I hope they have a teacher like you. Thank you so much!

[MrBrianMcLogan]

@InvolvingSoup Yes I do work at a public school, I hope your transition to your new school goes well. Thank you for the nice comments. I hope I can continue to help you and your friends with math!

[MrBrianMcLogan]

I completely agree with you. We have spent a lot of time in my class understanding factors, zeros in regards to polynomials. I offer another video where I discuss these points. This video is simply the process. As teachers we always have to remember that we are not teaching just teaching how to do something but also why we are doing something

[MrBrianMcLogan]

yes that is correct

[MrBrianMcLogan]

I teach this for pre-calc 10th-12th grade

[germaineongyl]

Wow this is awesome. It helps me divide polynomials a lot easier. They don't teach this in singapore, the only division method taught to us is the universal one that can be used to divide everything/anything though it is extremely tedious and very easy to make careless errors.

[antares5245]

Learning to do synthetic division without learning why synthetic division is not learning anything at all.

If someone makes the mistake of (x - k) = (x - 6) and getting k = -6, they don't need to be doing any synthetic division. They need to go back to the basics...

Teaching kids to memorize obscure techniques that they are not ready for is one of the big reasons why kids hate math and suck at it today.

[ebblondie]

Ohhh I see it's only possible to do it synthetic division with the divisor as a binomial???

[ebblondie]

OMG that's the friggin answer! I soooo wish I would've seen this video before my test today......much simpler I'm not too good at the long division polynomials but this I could easily do thanks