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Math III

Go further with polynomial and rational expressions, advanced functions, trigonometry, geometric modeling, and statistical inference.

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A-APR.3 M3-003-A12-V01

Complete a polynomial sign chart over intervals between zeros

Identify zeros from factorizations and use them to sketch polynomial graphs.

Treat the zeros as dividers, not as test inputs. They split the number line into open intervals, and within each interval no factor can change sign, so one convenient interior …

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A-APR.3 M3-003-A13-V01

Solve a polynomial inequality using zeros and sign behavior

Identify zeros from factorizations and use them to sketch polynomial graphs.

First use the factors to find the boundary zeros, then determine the product’s sign on each open interval between and beyond them. Keep only the intervals whose sign matches the …

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A-APR.3 M3-003-A14-V01

Interpret polynomial zeros, signs, and crossings in a bounded context

Identify zeros from factorizations and use them to sketch polynomial graphs.

Translate each algebraic statement through the model’s units before combining them. A zero describes the contextual event when the modeled output is exactly zero, while the sign on an interval …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A01-V01

Verify a polynomial identity by expanding and comparing both sides

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

An identity must agree for every input, so verify it by converting both sides to the same polynomial form. Rewrite the square as two identical binomials, distribute every term—including both …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A02-V01

Expand a binomial square completely

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Squaring a binomial means multiplying two complete copies, so the expansion must account for every pair of terms. Distribute the first term across both terms, repeat with the second term, …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A03-V01

Verify and apply the difference-of-squares identity

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Conjugate factors contain the same two terms but opposite signs, and that sign pattern is the reason the identity works. Expand all four products while keeping each sign attached to …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A04-V01

Verify and apply the sum-of-cubes and difference-of-cubes identities

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

A cube identity is easiest to verify by organizing the expansion into two rows instead of juggling six products at once. Distribute each binomial term across the trinomial, align like …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A05-V01

Use a polynomial identity for fast mental computation

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Mental computation becomes simpler when the number is rewritten as a small adjustment from an easy benchmark. Use the square identity to separate the calculation into the benchmark square, twice …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A06-V01

Factor a polynomial by recognizing a special identity

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Before factoring, name the structure: two perfect squares separated by subtraction. Take the square root of each term and place those roots in conjugate factors, one with subtraction and one …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A07-V01

Use a factoring identity to solve a polynomial equation

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Treat the equation as a factoring problem first and a solving problem second. Recognize the difference of squares, rewrite it as conjugate factors while keeping the product equal to zero, …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A08-V01

Match a polynomial identity to labeled component areas or volumes

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Read the diagram in two compatible ways. The outside dimensions give one expression for the area of the whole square, while multiplying the side lengths of all four regions gives …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A09-V01

Complete a missing term in a polynomial identity by expanding and comparing coefficients

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

A missing coefficient can be found without guessing by expanding the structured side first. Map the two binomial terms into the square identity, isolate the middle term created by the …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A10-V01

Decide whether a polynomial equation is an identity by expanding both sides and comparing

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

An identity claims equality for every allowed input, so appearance alone cannot settle it. Expand and simplify each side until both are written in standard polynomial form, then compare corresponding …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A11-V01

Factor an expression using a polynomial identity

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Identify the identity from the expression’s visible structure before doing any algebra. Count the terms, note whether they are added or subtracted, and rewrite each as an exact square or …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A12-V01

Simplify a rational identity while preserving original-domain exclusions

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Start with the domain, not the cancellation. Find every input that makes the original denominator zero and record those exclusions before factoring. Then factor numerator and denominator, cancel only complete …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A13-V01

Decide whether a polynomial equation is an identity by expanding both sides

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

To test a statement for all variable values, turn both sides into comparable polynomial forms. Expand the squared binomial with both cross products, combine like terms, and compare the coefficients …

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A-APR.4 M3-004-A14-V01

Identify which polynomial identity matches a given expression

Prove polynomial identities and use them to solve or describe numerical relationships.

Classify an identity by its structure rather than by a memorized name alone. Count the terms, rewrite each term as an exact power, and note the operation connecting them. Two …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A01-V01

Expand a binomial power using Pascal's Triangle

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

A binomial expansion combines two synchronized patterns. Pascal’s row matching the outside exponent supplies the coefficients, while the first variable’s exponent steps down and the second variable’s exponent steps up. …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A02-V01

Find a binomial coefficient in \((x+y)^n\) using combinations

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Use the target exponents to locate the term before calculating anything. In a power-n expansion, the exponent on the second variable is k and the exponent on the first is …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A03-V01

Find a specific term in the expansion of \((a+b)^n\)

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Term position and the Binomial Theorem’s index are offset by one because indexing begins at zero. Convert the requested position to k first, then substitute k into the general term …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A04-V01

Find a requested coefficient in a binomial expansion

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Work backward from the requested variable power to identify k. Set the first term’s exponent n minus k equal to the target exponent, solve for k, and then form only …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A05-V01

Expand a binomial using Pascal's Triangle and the power pattern

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Build the expansion in three layers: coefficient magnitudes from Pascal’s row, complementary powers of the two variables, and signs from the negative second term. Treat subtraction as addition of a …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A06-V01

Expand a binomial with coefficients inside the terms using Pascal's Triangle

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Treat each binomial entry as one complete object before applying the cube pattern. The outside exponents act on internal numerical coefficients as well as variables, so substitute the unsimplified compound …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A07-V01

Fill in a missing coefficient in a binomial expansion

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Locate the blank by matching its exponent pair to a position in the expansion. The second variable’s exponent gives the zero-based index k, and the corresponding entry in Pascal’s row—or …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A08-V01

Connect a binomial coefficient to a concrete selection count

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Think of the binomial power as repeated factors, with one selection made from each factor. A target exponent on the second term tells how many factor positions must contribute that …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A09-V01

Fill in and evaluate a binomial-coefficient symmetry equality

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Combination symmetry comes from describing the same split in two complementary ways. Selecting k objects to include automatically determines the n minus k objects left out, so the counts match …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A10-V01

Determine binomial-expansion degree and nonzero term count separately

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Keep degree and term count as separate questions. The Binomial Theorem uses every integer index from zero through n, so count that range inclusively; meanwhile, each monomial’s two exponents add …

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A-APR.5 M3-005-A11-V01

Use the Binomial Theorem for fast numerical computation

Apply the Binomial Theorem for expanding (x+y)^n using Pascal's Triangle or combinatorial reasoning.

Rewrite the number as an easy power-of-ten benchmark plus a small adjustment. The cube pattern then separates the computation into four manageable place-value contributions instead of one large multiplication. Keep …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A01-V01

Divide polynomials using long division

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Polynomial long division is a repeating leading-term process. Keep like powers aligned, divide the current leading term by the divisor’s leading term, multiply the entire divisor by that quotient term, …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A02-V01

Divide polynomials using synthetic division

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Synthetic division compresses long division, but only after the setup is exact. Use the zero of the linear divisor, list one coefficient for every descending power—including zeros for missing powers—and …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A03-V01

Rewrite an improper rational expression as a quotient plus a remainder term

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Division first gives a reconstruction statement: the dividend equals the divisor times the quotient plus the remainder. Dividing that identity by the divisor produces quotient plus remainder over the original …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A04-V01

Rewrite a rational expression by inspection with its original domain

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Inspection works when the numerator can be recognized as the denominator times a simple expression, possibly plus a small remainder. Record the original denominator’s zero before rewriting, then factor or …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A05-V01

Identify the horizontal or slant asymptote from a division result

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

In quotient-plus-remainder form, the polynomial quotient describes the large-scale trend and the proper remainder fraction measures the remaining gap. As the input’s magnitude grows, that fraction approaches zero. Therefore the …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A06-V01

Rewrite a rational expression to reveal its end behavior

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Rewrite the rational expression so its two roles are visible: the quotient gives the persistent trend, and the remainder over the divisor gives the temporary deviation from that trend. Verify …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A07-V01

Identify the remainder from a rational expression rewrite

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Read quotient-plus-remainder form by matching roles, not by comparing sizes. The polynomial part is the quotient, the denominator of the fractional correction is the original divisor, and that fraction’s numerator …

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A-APR.6 M3-006-A08-V01

Translate polynomial-division technology output into exact algebraic forms

Rewrite rational expressions using inspection, polynomial division, or technology.

Translate division output in a fixed order. Place the reported quotient coefficients on descending powers, keep the reported remainder separate, and build the reconstruction identity dividend equals divisor times quotient …

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