Factoring GCF, Difference of Squares, Basic Trinomials

Which of the following methods would be best to solve this equation by Factoring?
2x² - 17x + 36 = 0

• Difference of Squares

• Factor by Grouping

• Trinomial when a >1

• GCF

How should you factor the following expression?

• Perfect Squares:

  Use (x + a ) (x - a )

• Factor when a>1, slip & slide

• No Leading Coefficient:

  Go straight to (x ± a) (x ± b)

• Factor by Grouping

How should you factor the following expression?  
x² - 5x + 6

• Perfect Squares:
  Use (x + a ) (x - a )

• Perfect Cubes:
  Use SOP SMS

• No Leading Coefficient:
  Go straight to (x ± a) (x ± b)

• Multiply 1st & Last;
  Replace middle term;
  Factor by Grouping

How should you factor the following expression?  
9x² - 12x + 4

• Perfect Squares:
  Use (x + a ) (x - a )

• Perfect Cubes:
  Use SOP SMS

• No Leading Coefficient: Go straight to (x ± a) (x ± b)

• Multiply 1st & Last;
  Replace middle term;
  Factor by Grouping

How should you factor the following expression?

144x² - 225

• Difference of Squares because the terms are perfect squares.

• Difference of Cubes because the terms are perfect cubes.

• Basic Factoring because there is no Leading Coefficient

• Factor by Grouping because it is a 4-term polynomial.

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

How should you factor the following expression?
x² + 7x - 30

• Perfect Squares:
  Use (x + a ) (x - a )

• Perfect Cubes:
  Use SOP SMS

• No Leading Coefficient: Go straight to (x ± a) (x ± b)

• Multiply 1st & Last;
  Replace middle term;
  Factor by Grouping

How should you factor the following expression?  
3x² - 11x - 20

• Perfect Squares:
  Use (x + a ) (x - a )

• Perfect Cubes:
  Use SOP SMS

• No Leading Coefficient: Go straight to (x ± a) (x ± b)

• Multiply 1st & Last;
  Replace middle term;
  Factor by Grouping

What type of factoring would you use first?
9x² - 4

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Perfect Square Trinomial

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
4x³ - 24x

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Perfect Square Trinomial

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF