MULTIPLICATION OF

POLYNOMIALS

RULE : TO MULTIPLYING MONOMIAL BY ANOTHER

MONOMIAL
1. IF THERE ARE COEFFICIENTS ON THE TERMS
THEN WE
MUST FIRST MULTIPLY COEFFICIENTS BY
COEFFICIENTS.
2.THEN WE MULTIPLY THE VARIABLE OF ONE TERM
BY THE VARIABLE IN THE OTHER TERM.
RULE : MULTIPLYING A POLYNOMIAL BY A

FIND THE PRODUCT OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. 3X ( X) 2. (2X ) ( 5X)
3. (4X2) (2X3)
-y)(-8x)
5. (3XY3)(6XZ)

Solution:
1. 3x(x) = 3 1 x x = 3x2
2. (2x)(5x) = 2 5 x x = 10x2
3. (4x2) (2x3) = 4 2 x2 x3 = 8x5
4. ( -y)(-8x) = -1/4 -8 y x = 2xy
5. (3xy3) (6xz) = 3 6 x x y3 z =
18x2y3z

4. (

FIND THE PRODUCT OF 5X AND X + 4

Solution:
5x ( X + 4 ) = 5x( x ) + 5x ( 4 )
= 5x2 + 20x
Try and Solve : 4x (x + 5) = 4x2 + 20
5x2 ( 2x + 6) = 10x3 + 30x2

RULE : MULTIPLYING BINOMIAL TO BINOMIAL.

DISTRIBUTIVE METHOD ( ALSO KNOWN AS FOIL
METHOD) APPLIES TO ALL POLYNOMIAL
MULTIPLICATIONS, NOT JUST TO BINOMIALS.
1. START WITH THE FIRST TERM IN THE FIRST
BINOMIAL MULTIPLY (DISTRIBUTE) THIS TERM
TIMES EACH OF THE TERMS IN THE SECOND BINOMIAL.
2. NEXT MULTIPLY SECOND TERM IN THE FIRST
BINOMIAL TO EACH OF THE TERMS IN THE SECOND
BINOMIAL
3. ADD THE LIKE TERMS OF THE RESULTS

MULTIPLY (B+ 3)(B+ 2)

xx + x2 + 3x +32
x + 2x +3x + 6
= x + 5x + 6

GRID METHOD

(X + 3) (X + 2)

2x + 6 + (x)(x) + 3x
2x + 6 + x2 + 3x
Answer: x2 + 5x +
6

SUMMATIVE TEST

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

5y ( y + 5)
3xy (2x + y )
(x + 3) ( x + 4)
(y + 3) ( y 4)
(7x + 3) (4x2 5x + 6)

ANSWERS
1. 5y ( y + 5) = 5y2 +25y
2 pts.
2. 3xy (2x + y ) = 6x2y + 3xy2
2 pts.
3. (x + 3) ( x + 4) = x2+ 7x + 122 pts.
4. (y + 3) ( y 4) = y2 - y 12 2 pts.
5. (7x + 3) (4x2 5x + 6) = 28x3 23x2 + 27x
+ 18
2 pts.