Topic 6 Vocabulary
Operations with Polynomials
Factoring Standard Form
Factoring Polynomials
Factoring Special Cases
100

The form (a + b)(a - b) = a2 - b2

What is the Difference of Two Squares formula?

100

The sum of (12x2 + 7x - 15) + (4x2 - 5x + 7).

What is 16x+ 2x - 8?

100

The factored form of x+ 13x - 14.

What is (x - 1)(x + 14)?

100

The GCF of 52x5, 16x2, and 8x3.

What is 4x2?

100

The factored form of 25z- 16.

What is (5z+4)(5z-4)?

200

A monomial or the sum or difference of two or more monomials, called terms.

What is a Polynomial?

200

The difference of (15x- 6x + 8) - (9x2 + 4x +10).

 What is 6x2 - 10x - 2?

200

The factored form of x2 + 18xy - 88y2.

What is (x - 4y)(x + 22y)?

200

The quotient of 12x4 - 6x6 + 21x2 divided by 3x.

What is x(4x2 - 2x4 + 7)?

200

The factored form of 9p2 + 6p + 1?

 What is (3p+1)2?

300

The sum of the exponents of the variables of a monomial.

What is the degree of a monomial?

300

The product of (4x + 5)(7x + 8).

What is 28x2 + 67x + 40?

300

The factored form 2x2 - 5x - 12.

What is (2x + 3)(x - 4)?

300

The factored form of 56x6 + 21x4 + 84x3.

What is 7x3(8x+ 3x + 12)?

300

The factored form of c2 – 2c +1 

(c-1)2

400

The forms a2 + 2ab + b2 OR a2 - 2ab + b2.

What is the formula of a perfect square trinomial?

400

The product of (5x + 3)(8x2 + 3x + 7).

What is 40x+ 39x2 + 44x + 21?

400

The factored form of 10x2 + 3x - 1 

What is (5x - 1)(2x + 1)?

400

Factor 36x3y5 - 18x6y4 + 45x7y9 - 63x4ycompletely.

What is 9x3y4 (4y - 2x+ 5x4y5 - 7xy2)?

400

The factored form of 216k2+72k+6.

What is 6(6k+1)2?

500

The definition of the Closure Property.

What is a property that states polynomials are closed under addition or subtraction because the result of these operations is another polynomial?

500

The area of a piece of fabric has a length of 3x2 + 2x - 8 feet and a width of 2x + 3 feet.

What is (6x3 + 13x2 -10x - 24)?

500

 The factor that represents the length of a rectangular pool when the area of the pool is represented by the expression 2x2 + 9x - 5 ftand the width of the pool is represented by x + 5 ft.

What is (2x - 1)?

500

A farmer wants to plant three rectangular fields so that the widths are the same. The areas of the fields are 12x2y, 9xy2, and 21xy ft2. The greatest possible width of the fields if x=3 and y=4 is

What is 36 ft?

500

A square painting is displayed in an art museum. The canvas has an area of 49n2 – 168n+ 144. Factor the trinomial to find the side lengths of the canvas.


What is (7n – 12)2?