LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS

GRADE 8

Date:_____________

I - OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
1. Factor completely polynomials with common monomial factor.

II - SUBJECT MATTER: Factoring

Topic: Common Monomial Factor
Reference: Learner’s Material 8
Materials: Math 8 TG, board, Visual Aid

III - PROCEDURE:
Preliminary Activities:
A) Prayer

Lesson Proper

A. Activity:
Your task in this activity is to identify common things that are present in the three
pictures.

B. Analysis:
1. What are the things common to these pictures?
2. Are there things that make them different?
3. Can you spot things that are found on one picture but not on the other two?
4. What are the things common to two pictures but not on the other?

C. Abstraction: Discussion
The above activity gave us the idea about the Greatest Common Monomial Factor
that appears in every term of the polynomial. Study the illustrative examples on how
factoring the Greatest Common Monomial Factor is being done.

Example #1: 12x3y5 – 20x5y2z

a. Find the greatest common factor of the numerical coefficients.
The GCF of 12 and 20 is 4.
b. Find the variable with the least exponent that appears in each term of the polynomial.
x and y are both common to all terms and 3 is the smallest exponent for x and
2 is the smallest exponent of y, thus, x3y2 is the GCF of the variables.
c. The product of the greatest common factor in (a) and (b) is the GCF of the
polynomial.
Hence, 4x3y2 is the GCF of 12x3y5 – 20x5y2z.
d. To completely factor the given polynomial, divide the polynomial by its GCF, the
resulting quotient is the other factor.
Thus, the factored form of 12x3y5 – 20x5y2z is 4x3y2 (3y3 – 5x2z)

Below are other examples of Factoring the Greatest Monomial Factor.

a. 8x2 + 16x  8x is the greatest monomial factor. Divide the polynomial by 8x to get
the other factor.
8x(x + 2) is the factored form of 8x2 + 16x.
b. 12x5y4 – 16x3y4 + 28x6  4x3 is the greatest monomial factor. Divide the given
expression by the greatest monomial factor to get the other factor.
Thus, 4x3 (3x2y4 – 4y4 + 7x3) is the factored form of the given expression.

D. Application: Board work

IV - EVALUATION: Quiz

V – ASSIGNMENT:
Advance study about factoring special product of a binomial.

Prepared by Checked by

MARICHEL P. DANDOY FELIPE E. DEGAMO JR.

Math Teacher School In-Charge

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