Purple Foil Math
I m just going to do this one vertically.
Purple foil math. Note that since order doesn t matter for multiplication i can still put the x 2 polynomial on the bottom for the vertical multiplication just as i always put the smaller number on the bottom when i was doing regular vertical multiplication with just plain numbers back in grammar school. First first terms of each binomial are multiplied together. Horizontally is too much trouble. Many instructors in later math classes come to hate foil because it often seems to serve mostly to confuse students when they reach more advanced material unfortunately foil tends to be taught in earlier algebra courses as the way to multiply all polynomials which is clearly not true.
This lesson outlines how to use the foil method for multiplying binomials. In the above p q b and pq c from x 2 bx c this multiplication and simplification explains why to factor a quadratic we ll need to start by finding the two numbers being the p and the q above that add up to equal b where those numbers also multiply to equal c it s required by the logic of factoring and factoring the quadratic is the undo of the original binomial. Explains and demonstrates how to multiply one term polynomials monomials and how to take a monomial or binomial through a parenthetical expression.