Factoring Practice

I. Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

Find the GCF of the numbers.

1. 12, 18 5. 28, 49
2. 10, 35 6. 27, 63
3. 8, 30 7. 30, 45
4. 16, 24 8. 48, 72

II. Greatest Common Monomial Factor

Factor, write prime if prime.

12a3b + 15ab3 = 3ab(4a2 + 5b2)

1. 6x + 3 8. 12x2 — 9x + 15
2. 24x2 — 8x 9. 3n3 — 12n2 — 30n
3. 6x — 12 10. 9m2 — 4n + 12
4. 2x2 + 8x 11. 2x3 — 3x 2 + 5x
5. 4x + 10 12. 13m + 26m2 — 39m3
6. 10x2 + 35x 13. 17x2 + 34x + 51
7. 10x2y — 15xy2 14. 18m 2n4 — 12m 2n3 + 24m 2n2

III. Factoring the Difference of Two Squares

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. x 2 — 1 12. – x2 + 16
2. x 2 — 9 13. 36m2 — 121
3. x 2 + 4 14. 2x2 — 8
4. x2 — 25 15. 25 + 4x2
5. 9y2 — 16 16. 4a2 — 81b2
6. 4x2 — 25 17. 12x2 — 75
7. 9x2 — 1 18. a 2b — b 3
8. a2 — x 2 19. —98 + 2x2
9. 25 — m2 20. 5x2 — 45y2
10. x 2 — 16y2 21. 9x4 — 4
11. 25m2 — n2 22. 16x4 — y2
 IV. Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. x 2 + 8x + 16 6. 9x2 — 6x + 1
2. x 2 — 16x + 64 7. 25x2 + 10x + 1
3. y 2 + 12y + 36 8. n2 — 14n + 49
4. a2 — 10a + 25 9. 81x2 — 90x + 25
5. 16y2 + 8y + 1 10. 4y2 — 20y + 25
11. 25a2 + 60a + 36 16. n2 + 2n + 4
12. 16 + 40x + 25x 2 17. b 2 + 2b + 1
13. 16x2 + 24x + 9 18. 36x2 + 84x + 49
14. 49x2 — 14x + 1 19. 81 — 18x + x 2
15. 9y 2 — 30y + 25 20. 4 — 12y + 9y 2

V. Special Factoring – Challenge

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. a2 — 36 11. 1 — 8u + 16u2
2. 9x2 — 49 12. a2b2 + 6ab + 9
3. 169m2 — 4u2 13. x2 + 2xy + y2
4. x 2 y 2 — 9z 4 14. 4x2 + 12xy + 9y 2
5. 1 2
x — 25y2 15. 100h2 + 20h + 1
4
6. 1
x2 — 16 16. 9a2 — 24a + 16
7. 9 44 17. 4a3 + 8a2 + 4a

64 — a b
18. 5c + 20c2 + 20c3
8. 4 y 6 — 100
9. x2y2 — z2
25
19.
20. (x
2 2
)2 — (y(+ 1) )
( + 4)

9 36 x—1 — 10 x — 1 + 25
10. y8 — 81

VI. Factoring Trinomials: x2 + bx + c

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. x 2 + 6x + 8 12. x2 — x — 6
2. c 2 + 5c + 6 13. y 2 + 3y — 18
3. y2 — 9y + 14 14. b 2 + 7b — 18
4. x 2 — 10x + 16 15. a2 + a — 56
5. a2 + 12a + 27 16. c2 — 4c — 12
6. x 2 — 14x + 24 17. x2 — 9x — 36
7. x 2 — 15x + 36 18. y 2 + 4y — 21
8. y 2 + 21y + 54 19. x2 — 22x — 75
9. m2 + 13m — 36 20. x2 — 3x — 40
10. x 2 — 8x + 15 21. 45 + 14y + y 2
11. y2 — 4y — 32 22. x 2 — 13x + 36
 VII. …More Factoring Trinomials: x2 + bx + c

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. x 2 + 7x + 12 11. 51 — 20k + k2
2. m2 + 10m + 21 12. a2 — 14ab + 24b2
3. y 2 — 7y — 8 13. y2 + 6y — 72
4. x 2 — 6x + 5 14. x2 — 11xy — 60y2
5. x 2 + 4x — 32 15. 15r2 + 2rs — s 2
6. x 2 — 2x — 15 16. 3x2 + 21xy — 54y2 (Hint: Check for GCF)
7. x2 — 6x + 8 17. x 2 — 5xy — 6y2
8. y2 + 9y + 18 18. x 2 + 8xy + 12y2
9. 3 — 4t + t2 19. y 2 — 7xy + 10x2
10. v2 + 12v + 20 20. a2 — 11ab — 60b2

VIII. Factoring Trinomials: ax2 + bx + c

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. 2x2 — 5x — 3 11. 2n2 — 3n — 14

2. 3x2 + 10x — 8 12. 5n2 + 2n + 7
3. 2y2 + 15y + 7 13. 10x2 + 13x — 30
4. 7a2 — 11a + 4 14. 12y2 + 7y + 1
5. 5n2 + 17n + 6 15. 2n2 + 9n — 5
6. 4y2 + 8y + 3 16. 2x2 + 7x + 6
7. 3x2 + 4x — 7 17. 5a2 — 42a — 27
8. 2x2 + 13x + 15 18. 15x2 — 28x — 32
9. 9y 2 + 6y — 8 19. 8a2 — 10a + 3
10. 6x2 — 7x — 20 20. 2y2 — 3y — 20

IX. …More Factoring Trinomials: ax2 + bx + c

Factor, write prime if prime.

1. 3x 2 + 4x + x 9. 2a2 + 7ab — 15b2

2. 5z2 + 7z + 2 10. 12x2 + 17x + 6
3. 2n2 — 11n + 5 11. 4a2 — 4ab — 5b2
4. 3z2 + z — 2 12. 56y2 + 15y — 56
5. 5h2 — 2h — 7 13. 12x2 — 29xy + 14y2
6. 8s2 — 10st + 3t2 14. 64x2 + 32xy — 21y2
7. 6x2 + 19x + 15 15. 16x2 + 56xy + 49y2
8. 28a2 + 5ab — 12b2 16. 18x2 — 57x + 35
 X. Factoring: Putting It All Together

Factor Completely, write prime if prime.

1. 2x2 — 8 9. 4x2 + 16x + 16

2. 2x2 + 8x + 6 10. 18x + 12x 2 + 2x3
3. 3n2 + 9n — 30 11. 2x — 2xy2
4. 6x2 — 26x — 20 12. 3t3 — 27t
5. 2x2 + 12x — 80 13. 24a2 — 30a + 9
6. 5t2 + 15t + 10 14. 10x2 + 15x — 10
7. 8n2 — 18 15. 3x2 — 42x + 147
8. 14x2 + 7x — 21 16. 4x4 — 4x2

XI. …More Factoring: Putting It All Together

1. 16x2 — 40x — 24 8. x4 — 3x2 — 4
2. 27x2 — 36x + 12 9. h2 — (a2 — 6a + 9)
3. 5x2 — 60x — 140 10. 81x4 — 16y4
4. 6m3 + 54m2 — 6m 11. 4mn2 — 4m2n2 + m3n2
5. 5k4 + 8k3 — 4k2 12. (2a + 3)2 — (a — 1)2
6. x2y4 — x6 13. 16d8 — 8d4 + 1
7. y4 — 6y2 — 16 14. x2(x2 — 4) + 4x(x2 — 4) + 4(x2 — 4)

XII. Extra: Factoring by Grouping

1. x 2 + 2x + xy + 2y 8. n2 + 2n + 3mn + 6m
2. 3a2 — 2b — 6a + ab 9. 2ax2 + bx2 — 2ay2 — by2
3. t 3 — t 2 + t — 1 Hint: t — 1 = 1(t — 1) 10. yz2 — y3 + z3 — y2z
4. 10 + 2t — 5s — st 11. y3 — y2 — 4y + 4
5. 2
bc — 14 b + c — 7 12. x2a + x2b — 16a — 16b

3 3
6. 4u2 + v + 2uv + 2u 13. x 3 + x 2 — x — 1

7. ad + 3a — d2 — 3d 14. a3 — a2 — 8a + 8