Identifying Perfect Square Trinomials

Is this a perfect square trinomial?

• Yes

  :)

• No

  :(

• I don't know

  :s

Answer explanation

"Perfect square trinomials" are quadratics which are the results of squaring binomials. (Remember that "trinomial" means "three-term polynomial".) For instance:

(x + 3)²

= (x + 3)(x + 3)

= x² + 6x + 9

...so x² + 6x + 9 is a perfect square trinomial.

Is this a perfect square trinomial?

• Yes

  :)

• No

  :(

• I don't know

  :s

Answer explanation

"Perfect square trinomials" are quadratics which are the results of squaring binomials. (Remember that "trinomial" means "three-term polynomial".) For instance:

(x + 3)²

= (x + 3)(x + 3)

= x² + 6x + 9

...so x² + 6x + 9 is a perfect square trinomial.

Is this a perfect square trinomial?

• Yes

  :)

• No

  :(

• I don't know

  :s

Answer explanation

"Perfect square trinomials" are quadratics which are the results of squaring binomials. (Remember that "trinomial" means "three-term polynomial".) For instance:

(x + 3)²

= (x + 3)(x + 3)

= x² + 6x + 9

...so x² + 6x + 9 is a perfect square trinomial.

• Yes

  :)

• No

  :(

• I don't know

  :s

Answer explanation

"Perfect square trinomials" are quadratics which are the results of squaring binomials. (Remember that "trinomial" means "three-term polynomial".) For instance:

(x + 3)²

= (x + 3)(x + 3)

= x² + 6x + 9

...so x² + 6x + 9 is a perfect square trinomial.

Is this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 16x + 64

• Yes

• No

Is this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 14x + 49

• Yes

• No

Is this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 6x + 9

• Yes

• No

Factor: x² + 24x + 144

• (x + 12)²

• (x + 9)²

• (x + 15)²

• (x + 13)²

Is this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 10x + 100

• Yes

• No

Factor: x² - 4x + 4

• (x + 2)²

• (x - 2)²

• (x + 4)²

• (x - 4)²