Rectangle & Square Perimeters

What do we know about the

perimeter of a square or rectangle?
How can we find the perimeter if the
sides are represented with an
unknown?
How can we express the length using
a polynomial?
What polynomial expression will
represent the width?
Careers
A Math teacher is not the only job
that uses polynomials.

Write a polynomial to
represent the perimeter
of the farm.

Use polynomial addition

to find the simplified
polynomial
representation of the
farms perimeter.
Write an expression to
show how someone other
than a teacher might use
polynomials.

Can you think of any others?

Can you think of how these other
careers would use polynomials?
Triangle Perimeter
If we know the sides of a triangle are
_____,
_______ and _______.
If we know what the perimeter is can
we use polynomial arithmetic to find
the length of each side?
What would our first step be?
Ping Pong Championships.
We have 2 divisions with 2 players in
each. Each player in Div. 1 must play
each player in Div. 2 players in the
Championship and they need to play
each other one time.
Use A, B, C and D to represent the
players.

Write a polynomial
equation for the
perimeter of the triangle.
Use addition to find a
simplified expression for
the perimeter.
Write an expression for
the other two shapes.
Write a polynomial
expression that will
represent how many games
need to be scheduled in the
tournament?
Use polynomial
multiplication to find how
many games are needed in
the championship
tournament.

Is there more than one way to write

an expression for the perimeter of
this rectangle?

Write one expression for

the perimeter of the
rectangle shown.

How could we use multiplication to

find the area of the rectangle?

Write an expression for

the area of the rectangle
shown.