Polynomials Resources

Polynomials Activities

Multiplying and Factoring Polynomials Card Sort: This is a polynomial matching game that can be used as an end of lesson informal assessment or review. These cards can be used as multiplying polynomials practice or as factoring practice.

Cut and Glue Factoring Polynomials Activity: A fun way to practice factoring polynomials. Students cut out factors then glue them to their corresponding polynomials.

FREE Four-In-A-Row Game Classifying Polynomials: This game is great practice for classifying polynomials. Students play in small groups. After drawing a card with a polynomial, the student chooses whether to cross off the classification for number of terms or for degree (they must identify both to decide which is a better strategy). Four spaces marked off in a row results in a win!

Factoring Polynomial Puzzle: This puzzle is to be cut up and students put it back together to look as shown. Easy answer key, since it should be a Fibonacci sequence when correctly put together.

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials with QR Codes: Your students will enjoy this engaging Algebra I activity. Students will use QR Codes to check their answers as they go. There is a Polynomial Chart included (this could be used with all students or to differentiate instruction. This would be great for whole group or small group instruction.
You will need a QR Code reader app to check answers with this activity.

Operations with Polynomials Puzzle: Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Polynomials Puzzle. Students match each problem with the correct answer. After all problems are completed correctly, the resulting puzzle makes a Parquet (turtle shell). A quote is also spelled out when the puzzle is put together correctly.

Factoring Polynomials Matching:
Practice Factoring by Matching Cards
Factor polynomials with a=1 and not equal to one.
Factor by grouping
Difference of Two Squares

Polynomials: Find Someone Who: Get the students moving around while assessing their learning on Polynomials! This activity incorporates looking at a polynomial and deciding end behavior, stating degree of polynomial, and evaluating polynomials. Check out the preview to get a better idea of all topics covered. Students get up and find someone who can solve a problem on their sheet and then have the student sign their paper.
This is for classroom use only.

Classifying Polynomials Puzzles: When learning how to practice classifying polynomials, practice is key. Let your students play with a polynomial puzzle! Each table is it’s own puzzle. Print on card stock or laminate to make more durable for repeated use. Cut out the squares for one puzzle and let the students put it back together again!

Around the Room – Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying Polynomials: A great activity to get your kids out of their seats! Could be used as a review for upper level classes or a great assessment for your Algebra 1 class.
Students start at different stations and will rotate around the stations to a complete loop!

Polynomials Worksheets, Assessments

Polynomial Multiplication: Students connect what they already know about finding areas to finding “areas” of rectangles, triangles and circles with monomial side lengths. Students practice finding the areas of rectangles, triangles and circles by multiplying terms with exponents. Includes answer key.

Factoring Quick Check Template: This quick check template works great as a warm up, exit ticket or quick assessment for factoring quadratics. Write a trinomial on the board, hand out a template to each student, and they to complete it.

Simplifying Polynomials Exponent Rules Worksheet: This challenge problem is one of many I’ll use at the end of a busy week. Students compete to see which class period gets the most correct responses. It’s evolved into a weekly game!
This would also be great for quick enrichment/review for middle school & Algebra students.

Creating Polynomials given Degree and Number of Terms Enrichment: This is a one-sided document with 12 questions. The student is given the leading coefficient, the degree and the number of terms of the polynomial and then asked to create their own polynomial (written in standard form) that fits the criteria. Great enrichment activity for understanding the vocabulary of polynomials. At least one situation is not possible. Key included.

Polynomials Test: Students are tested on adding polynomials, subtracting polynomials and multiplying monomials. There are 3 word problems and students must also be able to distribute a monomial in order to solve multi-step equations.

Polynomial Practice: These worksheets are a fun way to practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing polynomials on Halloween. Students must simplify each polynomial in order to decipher which color goes with each number.

Polynomial Equations and Functions Worksheet: This worksheet covers higher order polynomial functions, their names, graphs and end behaviors. It includes matching, fill in the blank and vocabulary items.

Combining Like Terms and Operations with Polynomials: Five worksheets including combining like terms, adding polynomials, subtracting polynomials, multiplying a polynomial by a monomial, and dividing a polynomial by a monomial.

Polynomials Unit Test: Student Objective: I can add, subtract, multiply, and factor polynomials.
Polynomials unit test broken up into 3 “levels” of mastery.
Each level gets progressively more difficult. Level 3 problems are catered towards higher students.

Beginning Polynomials Worksheet: Because of the progressive, self-checking nature of the circuit, your students will be highly engaged with these 20 beginning operations with polynomials (addition, subtraction, multiplication (not anything harder than a monomial by a poylnomial)).

Multiplying Polynomials 5 Question QUIZ: This is a great 5 question assessment of multiplying polynomials. It could be used as a quiz, bellwork, or even an exit slip. It was created with the Multiplying Polynomials Guided Notes in mind.

Polynomials Teacher Manuals

Polynomial Factoring Teacher Cheat Sheets: Use these to assist you in creating examples, worksheets and tests. Throw darts, blindly drop your pencil or just tape it to the wall and use the first one your eyes go to. Enjoy not having to factor every time!

Multiplying Binomials/Polynomials Teacher Cheat Sheets: Use these to assist you in creating examples, worksheets and tests. Throw darts, blindly drop your pencil or just tape it to the wall and use the first one your eyes go to. Enjoy not having to factor every time!

Factoring Polynomials Guided Notes:
Teacher Guided Notes for Factoring Polynomials
-Difference of Squares
-Trinomials (a = 1)
-Trinomials (a not 1) – Kidnapping Method
-Difference/Sum of Cubes
Can be utilized in an interactive notebook for your class! Provide a resource with steps/examples/colors for your students’ notebooks.

Factoring Polynomials Flow Chart: This flow chart works for factoring using distributive property, factoring by grouping, factoring quadratics using the tic tac toe method, factoring differences of squares and factoring perfect squares.

Review All Operations with Polynomials: This “walk-in-lesson-plan” contains 46 problems of varying difficulty reviewing all 4 operations with polynomials, order of opertions and exponent rules. Notes to the teacher are in red, as are answers to all problems. This lesson (can easily be two or three days) is fun because the students enjoy it. I put the problems up a few at a time, and students solve them.

Simplifying and Factoring Polynomials Foldable: Power Point includes animated step-by-step instructions for a foldable comparing SIMPLIFYING polynomials (multiplying by monomial and multiplying binomials) with FACTORING polynomials (factor with GCF and methods for factoring ax^2 + bx + c). Materials needed for each student: scissors, ruler, 2 to 3 markers, and a piece of cardstock or construction paper.

Multiplying Polynomials: This is a simple 1 slide show that shows step by step how to multiply a binomial and a polynomial. Showing my students each step like this, and being able to explain step by step what is happening always seems to help a lot!

Polynomials Study Guides, Printables, Graphic Organizers

Factoring Polynomials Graphic Organizer: Factoring Polynomials Graphic Organizer I use this graphic organizer to review all types of factoring just before I play my Factoring “Spin to Win” game.

Polynomial End Behavior for Interactive Notebooks: An easy to use chart for determining end behavior of a polynomial. Use the sign of the leading coefficient (columns) and whether the degree is even or odd (rows) to predict what the graph will look like.