Lesson: Remainder and Factor Theorem with Synthetic Division Mathematics

Students will be able to

• evaluate a polynomial using the remainder after synthetic division,
• understand the factor theorem and how to use it to find the factors of a polynomial,
• determine whether a given binomial is a factor of a given polynomial using the factor theorem,
• use the factor theorem and synthetic division to fully factor a polynomial,
• use the factor theorem to find all of the roots of a polynomial.