"Polynomials" sound like a fancy word, but you just have to break down the root words. "Poly" means "many". So we're just talking about "many nomials" and everyone knows what a "nomial" is. Okay, most of us don't. Well, a polynomials has "many" terms. From understanding what a "term" is to basic simplification, addition and subtraction of polynomials, this tutorial will get you very familiar with the world of many "nomials." :)

No algebraic arsenal is complete without the ability to multiply expressions. In this tutorial, we'll review some basic exponent properties and the distributive property when multiplying single terms. We'll then see that multiplying anything fancier (binomials, polynomials, etc.) is just an extension of the distributive property that you first learned in elementary school. We do cover the FOIL method as well because some schools teach this, but we think it is lame and not real learning. The distributive property is FAR more powerful and general.

You know what polynomials are. You know how to add, subtract, and multiply them. Unless you are completely incurious, you must be wondering how to divide them! In this tutorial we'll explore how we divide polynomials--both through algebraic long division and synthetic division. (We like classic algebraic long division more since you can actually understand what you're doing.)