Rational Expressions

Factor the numerator and denominator first

Cancel/cross out common terms

Ms. Gilbert will do 2 examples on the jamboard, which is being shown on her screen in the meeting

Then, try it on your own!

Factor the numerator and denominator (if possible)

Cancel/cross our common terms or expressions

Multiply straight across (numerator by numerator, denominator by denominator)

Ms. Gilbert will do 2 examples in the jamboard being presented on her screen in the meeting

Then, try it on your own!

Similar to multiplying tational expressions with one extra step in the beginning

We can't divide by fractions, so we have to flip it (keep, change, flip)

Then, we follow the same steps that we used to multiply

Ms. Gilbert will do an example on the jamboard being presented in the meeting.