NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM

M1 Lesson 4
ALGEBRA II
Lesson 4: Comparing MethodsLong Division, Again?
Date: 9/29/14

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Lesson 4: Comparing MethodsLong Division, Again?
Opening Exercises
1. Use the reverse tabular method to determine the quotient

.









2. Use your work from Exercise 1 to write the polynomial

in factored form, and then multiply

the factors to check your work above.

















NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
M1 Lesson 4
ALGEBRA II
Lesson 4: Comparing MethodsLong Division, Again?
Date: 9/29/14

S.16
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Example 1
If , then the division can be represented using polynomial division.
3 7 5 3
2 3
x x x x











Example 2
Use the long division algorithm for polynomials to evaluate

NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
M1 Lesson 4
ALGEBRA II
Lesson 4: Comparing MethodsLong Division, Again?
Date: 9/29/14

S.17
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Exercises 18
Use the long division algorithm to determine the quotient. For each problem, check your work by using the reverse
tabular method.
1.

2. (

) ( )



3. (

) ( )



4.

5.

6.

7. (

) (

)



8.

NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
M1 Lesson 4
ALGEBRA II
Lesson 4: Comparing MethodsLong Division, Again?
Date: 9/29/14

S.18
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Problem Set

Use the long division algorithm to determine the quotient.
1.

2.

3.

4. (

) (

)

5. (

) (

)

6. Use long division to find the polynomial, , that satisfies the equation below.

)(())

7. Given ()

.
a. Determine the value of so that is a factor of the polynomial .
b. What is the quotient when you divide the polynomial by ?

8. In parts (a)(b) and (d)(e), use long division to evaluate each quotient. Then, answer the remaining questions.
a.

b.

c. Is a factor of

? Explain your answer using the long division algorithm.

d.

e.

f. Is a factor of

? Explain your answer using the long division algorithm.

g. For which positive integers is a factor of

? Explain your reasoning.

h. If is a positive integer, is a factor of

? Explain your reasoning.

Lesson Summary
The long division algorithm to divide polynomials is analogous to the long division algorithm for integers. The long
division algorithm to divide polynomials produces the same results as the reverse tabular method.