Chapter 4: Factoring


Students and Teachers!
Would you like to be able to use InterAct over the Web? or try Real World problems that link you to other Web sites for more data and information? See below!

InterAct Tutorials
To access the InterAct tutorials over the Web, you will need to download the InterAct plug-in--but you will only need to do this once. To download the InterAct Math Plugin, follow these directions:

1. If your computer is running the Windows 95 or later operating system, click on the button titled "Download InterAct Math" to go to the InterAct Math Plugin Download Web site.

2. A new browser window will open to the InterAct Math Download Web page. Select "Installation Instructions".

3. Follow the downloading instructions. Then return to this site to select the InterAct Math problem you would like to practice.


Interact Tutorials
Please Note: This plug-in will work for Windows users only.
  4.1 Factors; The Greatest Common Factor
4.2 Factoring Trinomials
4.3 More on Factoring Trinomials
4.4 Special Factorizations Summary Exercises on Factoring
4.5 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
4.6 Applications of Quadratic Equations
  Numbers in the Real World
 To access the Numbers in the Real World applications, simply click on the hyperlinked application name below.

Section 4.1  On page 248 of your book, you'll find a Real World exercise about number patterns. For more practice with similar Real World investigations, try the problem below:

| Magic Squares |

Section 4.2  On page 254 of your book, you'll find a Real World exercise about property identification. For more practice with similar Real World investigations, try the problem below:

| Identification Numbers |

Section 4.3  On page 262 of your book, you'll find a Real World exercise about stock prices. For more practice with similar Real World investigations, try the problem below:

| Calculating GPA |

Section 4.5  On page 278 of your book, you'll find a Real World exercise about breaking codes. For more practice with similar Real World investigations, try the problem below:

| Tales of the Crypt |