Factoring Methods Review Basic

What factoring method should you use for this expression?

• GCF

• box method

• cannot be factored

• Difference of Squares

What factoring method should you use for this expression?

• GCF

• Box method

• Difference of Squares

What type of factoring would you use first?
16x⁴ - 81

• Difference of Squares

• box method

• cannot be factored

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
x⁵ - 3x⁴ + 8x³ + 14x²

• Box Method

• Difference of Squares

• Cannot be factored

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
x² - 1

• Difference of Squares

• box method

• cannot be factored

• GCF

Factor
x² + 12x + 35

• (x+5)(x+7)

• (x+4)(x+3)

• (x+7)(x-5)

• Prime

Find the factors of 5x² + 20x + 20

Take out the GCF first!

• 5(x+2)(x+2)

• 5(x-2)(x-2)

• 5(x+2)(x-2)

• (5x+2)(x+2)

x² + 9x + 18

• (x - 2) (x + 9)

• (x + 3) (x + 6)

• (x + 2) (x + 9)

• (x - 3) (x - 6)

x² + x - 42

• (x + 42) (x - 1)

• (x - 7) (x + 6)

• (x + 7) (x - 6)

• (x + 7) (x + 6)

Which is another way of correctly expressing (x - 3)(x - 3) ?

• (x + 3)(x + 3)

• (3 - x)(3 - x)

• 2(x - 3)

• (x - 3)²