Special Products

What are special products?

What is a special product?
A special product is a
mathematical term in which
factors are combined to form
products.
Types of Special Products
a. Square of a Binomial
b. Product of Sum and Difference of Two
Binomials
c. Square of a Trinomial
d. Product of Two Binomials
a. Square of a
Binomial
This results into a Perfect Square Trinomial.
( + )
2
=
2
+ 2 +
2

( )
2
=
2
2 +
2

The first and last terms are perfect squares.
The middle term is twice the product of the square
root of the first and last terms.
The sign of the middle term depends on the sign of
the binomial.

a. Square of a
Binomial
Examples:

(4 3)
2
= 16
2

2
24xy+9
( 3 +5 2)
2
= 3
2
+10 6 +50
2


(
2
3

1
2
)
2
=
4
9

2

2
3
+
1
4

b. Product of Sum and
Difference of Two Binomials
This results into a difference of two squares.
+ =
2

2

The sign of the product is always negative because
the factors have unlike signs.

b. Product of Sum and
Difference of Two Binomials
Examples:
4 3 4 +3 = 16
2
9
2

1
2
+
3
4
1
2

3
4
=
1
4

2

9
16


c. Square of a
Trinomial
( + + )
2
=
2
+
2
+
2
+ 2 + 2 + 2
The first three terms of the product are squares of each term.
The fourth term of the product is twice the product of first and
second term.
The fifth term of the product is twice the product of the first and
third term.
The sixth term of the product is twice the product of the second
and third term.
c. Square of a
Trinomial
(4 +3 +7)
2
= 16
2
+9
2
+49 +24 +56 +42
Examples:
(3 8 6)
2
= 9
2
+64
2
+36 48 +36 +96
(5 +2 4)
2
= 25
2
+4
2
+16 +20 40 16
d. Product of Two
Binomials
+ + = + + +
The first term of the product is the product of the
first terms of the binomials.
The middle term of the product is the sum of the
products of the outer and inner terms of the
binomials.
The last term of the product is the product of the
last terms of the binomials.
d. Product of Two
Binomials
Examples:
3 +2 2 +5 = 6
2
+19 +10
5 3 2 +7 = 10
2
+ 29 21
4 +3 5 6 = 20
2
9 18