Factoring Jeopardy

Greatest Common Factor

100

The GCF of 2x² + 10x is this...

What is 2x

200

The result of factoring 8a - 16

What is 8(a - 2)

300

This is what you get when you factor 

9x²-45x+9

What is 9(x²-5x+1).

400

The gcf of 

25xzy-45zy+125xz

What is 5z.

500

This is the result of factoring 

20x⁴z-15x³z+5x²z.

What is 5x²z(4x²-3x+1).

3 Terms

100

The factored form of x²+6x+8 is this...

What is (x+4)(x+2).

200

The factored form of x²+x-6 is this...

What is (x+3)(x-2)

300

The factored form of x²-10x-24 is this...

What is (x-12)(x+2)

400

The factored form of 2x²+11x+15

What is (2x+5)(x+3)

500

The result of factoring 6x² + 7x - 3 

What is(3x-1)(2x+3)

Factor Perfect Squares

100

The result of factoring

y² - 144

What is (y+12)(y-12)

200

The result of factoring 

25n²-1

What is (5n+1)(5n-1)

300

The result of factoring 

196a² - b²

What is (14a+b)(14a-b)

400

The result of factoring

16x² -49y²

What is (4x+7y)(4x-y)

500

The result of factoring 

m^{2 +} 81 

What is Not Factorable?

Simplify Exponents

100

Simplify: (4^-4)⁰

What is 1?

200

Simplify: (4)(4⁵)

Leave answer in exponential form.

What is 4⁶?

300

Simplify: (2²)²(2³)^-1

What is 2?

400

Simplify: (3xz⁵)³

What is 27x³z¹⁵?

500

(n^-1)⁴

______

   n⁴

What is  1/n⁸?

            

Letters that are numbers

100

This late in the alphabet letter is the most common one used for algebra functions.

What is 'x'?

200

This greek letter has its own day for celebration on the 14th of March.

What is 'PI'?

300

When a letter stands in for a number in an equation, this is what we call that letter.

What is a variable.

400

This letter is used for 'slope' even though that letter doesn't even show up in the word.

What is 'm'?

500

The range, the output, the dependent variable, the vertical graphing axis: the letter that usually equals x.

What is 'y'?