Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Factorise me!

We can use completing the square or cross-method to factorise a quadratic expression.

Can x ² + x + 1 be factorised using any of the methods?

Why / why not?

Sunday, February 3, 2008

I'm NOT square!

Is (a + b) ² = a ² + b ² ??

Explain that (a + b) ² = a ² + 2ab + b ² with the help of the diagram below: