Greatest Common Factor
The result of factoring: 2x2 + 14
What is 2(x2 + 7)?
To factor the trinomial x2+8x+16 you find two numbers that add to 8 but multiply to this...
What is 16?
The result of factoring:
3x2 + 20x + 12
What is
(3x+2)(x+6)?
The result of factoring: 16x2+1t2
Prime
The first step of factoring is to ALWAYS?
Find the GCF
The result of factoring:
8a - 16
What is
8(a - 2)?
The result of factoring:
x2 + 8x + 12
What is
(x + 2)(x + 6)?
The result of factoring:
3x2 - 19x - 14
What is
(3x + 2)(x - 7)?
The result of factoring:
x2 - 25
What is
(x - 5)(x + 5)?
I can only use difference of squares if the terms are ________.
Perfect squares
The GCF of:
25z2 - 125xz
What is 25z?
The result of factoring:
x2 - 6x + 8
What is
(x - 4)(x - 2)?
The result of factoring:
4x2 + 24x + 32
What is
4(x + 2)(x + 4)?
The result of factoring:
2x2 - 200
What is
2(x - 10)(x + 10)?
When factoring when a is not 1, how do I find the top number on my x?
Multiply the a term and c term
The result of factoring:
9x2 - 45x +9
What is
9(x2 - 5x+ 1)?
The result of factoring:
x2 - 10x - 24
What is
(x - 12)(x + 2)?
The results of factoring:
8x2 + 18x + 9
What is
(4x + 3)(2x + 3)?
The result of factoring:
81x2 - 49
What is
(9x - 7)(9x + 7)?
The 4 methods of factoring we have learned are called
GCF Method, x Method, Grouping Method, Difference of squares method
The result of factoring:
-15x2 + 5x
What is
-5x(3x - 1)?
The result of factoring:
2x2 + 8x + 8
What is
2(x + 2)2?
The result of factoring:
16x2 - 8x + 1
What is
(4x - 1)2?
The result of factoring:
64x2 - 36
What is
4(4x + 3)(4x - 3)?
I have to use box method if...
a is not equal to 1