Factoring GCF, Difference of Squares, Basic Trinomials

25x²y² - 100

• ( 5xy - 10) (5xy + 10) 

• ( 5xy + 10) (5xy + 10) 

• Prime

• ( 5xy - 50) (5xy + 50) 

Factor: 8x³ - 1

• (2x - 1)(4x² + 2x + 1)

• (2x + 1)(4x² - 2x + 1)

• (2x - 1)(4x² - 2x - 1)

• (2x + 1)(4x² +2x + 1)

After factoring out the GCF, what is the type of factoring needed to complete the problem
8x⁶ - 64x³

• Difference of Squares

• Difference of Cubes

• Basic Trinomials

• Sum of Cubes

What type of factoring would you use first?
x³ - 1

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

• YES

• NO

Which expression is the factored equivalent of 4a² - 25 ?

• (2a + 5) (2a - 5)

• (2a - 5) (2a - 5)

• (x + 5) (x - 5)

• Cannot be factored.

• YES

• NO

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

• Difference of Squares

• GCF

• Trinomial when a =1

• Factor by Grouping

How should x² - 256 be factored?

• GCF

• difference of squares

• trinomials when a =1

• trinomials when a>1

Which of the following can be factored with difference of squares?