An Alternative to the Slide-Divide Method

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Erin Prins
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Casey Hawthorne Furman University, Greenville, SC

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Kevin Hutson Furman University, Greenville, SC

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Volume 118: Issue 3
Page(s):
218–223
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2024.0206
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We offer the Scaling Up method as an explanation for the Slide-Divide algorithm and as an alternative transformational approach to factoring non-monic quadratics.

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© 2025 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Page Count:
6
Article Category:
Research Article
Received:
26 Jul 2024
Accepted:
24 Nov 2024
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2025
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2025
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