Describing Expressions with a Curtain Reveal

Open and close curtains across an algebraic expression to identify one or more parts as a single entity.

Esercizio 1

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Esercizio 2

One student calls the expression a sum of two products. Her friend calls the expression two terms with two factors. Who is correct?

Esercizio 3

How else could this expression be described?