Practice Factoring Polynomials

Factor:
18a²-15a

• 15a(3a-1)
• 3a(6a-1)
• 3(6a-5)
• 3a(6a-5)

Factor by using GCF:
8n³ + 2n²

• 2n²(4n-1)
• 2n²(4n + 1)
• n²(8n+2)
• 3n(4n+1)

Factor Completely: x²-17x+72

• (x-9)(x+8)
• (x-9)(x-8)
• x(x-3)
• (x+9)(x+8)

Find the factors of

3b² + 17b + 20

• (2b - 5)(b - 7)

• (5b - 7)(b - 2)

• (b + 5)(3b + 4)

• (3b + 5)(b + 4)

x² - 25

• ( x + 5 ) ( x - 5 ) 
• ( x - 5 ) ( x - 5 ) 
• ( x + 5 ) ( x + 5 ) 
• Prime

Factor by Grouping:

x³ - 4x² -4x + 16

• (x+4)(x+2)

• (x-4)(x² -4)

• (x+4)(x² -4)

• (x-4)(x-2)

Factor by Grouping:

3x³-x²+6x-2

• (x²+2)(3x+1)

• (x²+2)(3x-1)

• (3x³+6x)(x²-2)

• none of the above

x⁴ - 4x² - 45

• (x² - 5)(x - 3)(x + 3)
• (x² + 45)(x + 1)(x - 1)
• (x² + 5)(x - 3)(x + 3)
• (x² + 3)(x - 5)(x + 3)

Factor completely:

8x³-27

• (2x+3)(4x²-6x+9)

• (2x-3)(4x²+6x+9)

• (2x-3)(4x²+6x-9)

• (2x-3)(2x²+6x+9)

Factor completely:

64x³+125

• (4x+5)(16x²-20x+25)

• (4x-5)(16x²+20x+25)

• (4x-5)(4x²+20x-25)

• (4x-5)(4x²+20x+25)