This week, we started talking about polynomials. I learned how to make equations out of symbols and vice-versa.
First, I wrote out the symbols. The big, coloured in boxes represent positive x squared. The white big boxes represent negative x squared. The long skinny black pieces represent positive x, and the white ones represent negative x. The small pieces mean a whole number; black meaning positive, and white representing negative. If we eliminate the zero pairs, we get out equation. Zero pairs mean there’s a pair of positive and negative symbols. If we remove them all, we get three big, coloured in squares (3x squared), two white skinny pieces (-2x), and three small white pieces (-3). So, our equation would look similar to this:
