Factoring Perfect Squares and Cubes

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

• Yes

• No

Which of the following methods would be best to solve this equation by Factoring?
8x³ - 125 = 0

• Difference of Squares

• Factor by Grouping

• GCF

• Difference of Cubes

Factor 
u³-8

• (u-2)(u²+2u+4)

• (u+2)(u²-2u+4)

• (u-2)³

• (u+2)³

Which method of factoring would you choose for
27u⁶-63u³

• Different of Squares

• Grouping

• I- Chart with Grouping (a>1)

• Perfect Cubes

Which of the following methods would be best to solve this equation by Factoring?
25x² - 16 = 0

• Difference of Squares

• GCF

• I-Chart (when a =1)

• Factor by Grouping

• Difference of Two Squares

• Sum of Two Cubes

• Difference of Two Cubes

• Square of a Binomial

m⁶ - 100 is in the form Difference of Two Squares.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Factoring the sum or difference of two cubes can be used ONLY if the two terms of the binomials have perfect square roots.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• Difference of Perfect Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF