_____ 1. What do you call the reverse process of getting product/s?

A. Factoring C. Dividing
B. Multiplying D. Rationalizing
______2. How do you identify a Perfect Square Trinomial?
A. The first and third terms must be perfect squares.
B. The first and third terms must be perfect squares and the middle term
should be the product of the squares of the first and last terms.
C. The first and third terms must be perfect squares and the middle term
should be the product of the square roots of the first and last terms.
D. The first and third terms must be perfect squares and the middle term is
either 2 or -2 times the product of the square roots of the first and last
terms.
______4. What factors do you need to multiply to have a product of x² - 5x + 4?
A. (x – 4) (x – 1) C. (x + 5) (x - 1)
B. (x + 2) (x + 2) D. (x + 1) (x + 4)
_____ 5. Which of the following should fill in the missing terms of
(x + __ )(3x + __ ) = 3x² + 27x + 24?
A. 6, 4 B. 4, 6 C. 8, 3 D. 12, 2
_____ 6. One of the factors of 2a + 5a – 12 is a + 4, what is the other factor?
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A. 2a – 3 B. 2a + 3 C. 2a – 8 D. 2a + 8

_____ 7. What will you multiply to (5x + 1) to make a perfect square trinomial?
A. 5x – 1 B. 5x + 1 C. 25x2 + 10x + 1 D. 25x2 - 10x
+1
_____ 8. How do you write x3 + 8 in factored form?
A. (x – 2)(x2 – 2x + 4) C. (x – 2)(x2 + 2x + 4)
B. (x + 2)(x – 2x + 4)
2 D. (x + 2)(x2 – 2x – 4)
_____ 9. 4x2y3 will be the GCMF of 8x2y5, 12x3y3, and kx4y4 for what possible value of
k?
A. 14 B. 16 C. 34 D. 46
_____10. What value of k must be put in the expression x2+kx+36 for it to become a
perfect square trinomial?
A. 6 B. 12 C. 18 D. 24
_____11. Which of the following values of k will make x2 – x + k factorable?
A. 5 B. -5 C. 6 D. -6
_____12. You are asked to get the factors of 3x3-12x, can you apply the difference of
two squares?
A. Yes, 3x3-12x is divisible by 3x.
B. Yes, 3x(x2-4) thus 3x3-12x = 3x(x-2)(x+2)
C. No, because 3x3 and 12x are not perfect squares.
D. No, because the last term has no perfect square root.
_____13. Andi factored the expression 15x2 y3+10x4 y+5xy as 5xy (3xy2+2x3). Did Andi
factor it correctly?
A. Yes, because the last term is cancelled out.
B. Yes, there exists a common factor on all term.
C. No, because the last term when factored is 1 and should not be omitted.
D. No, because 5xy is not the common factor.
_____14. Victor factored x2+49 using the difference of two squares, how will you make
him realize that his answer is incorrect?
A. x2+49 is a sum of two squares, not a difference of two squares.
B. x2+49 has its square roots.
C. x2+49 has one common monomial factor.
D. x2+49 has (x+7)(x+7) as its factor.

_____15. Given: i = 4x2 – 9 and ii = (2x – 3)(2x + 3). If x = 2, which statement is TRUE
about the given expressions?
A. i > ii B. i = ii C. i < ii D. i ≠ ii
_____ 16. What is the missing term in (2a – 3b)(4a2 + __ + 9b2) so that it will give us a
product of 8a3 – 27b3 ?
A. 6ab B. 12ab C. 12a2b D. 18ab2
_____17. Which mathematical statement is correct?
A. 6x2 + 5x – 21 =(3x + 7)(2x + 3)
B. 15x2 - 67x2y2 + 72y = (5x - 8y)(3x - 9y)
C. 4x2 + 9 = (2x-3)2
D. 9x2 - 36 = (3x-6)(3x+6)
_____18. What should you fill in the to satisfy the statement (x+1)2 = x2+ +1?
A. x B. 2x C. 3x D. 4x
_____19. Can factoring difference of two squares be applied to 18x – 72xy2? Which of
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the following response is correct?

A. No, it is a PST C. Yes, 18x(x – 2y)(x + 2y)
B. Yes, 18x(x – 4) D. No, it’s prime
_____20. If the area of a square garden is ( 4x – 20x + 25)square units, is it possible
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to find its sides?

A. Yes, using factoring difference of two squares
B. No, one of the sides must be given
C. Yes, the area is a perfect square trinomial
D. No, the area is not factorable
_____21 . The area of a square is (4x2 + 12x + 9) square units. What is the length of
the side?
A. (3x + 2)units B. (2x + 3)units C. (4x + 9)units D. (4x +
3)units

_____22. What are the dimensions of the rectangular garden whose area is
(12x2 – 8x – 15)m2?
A. (2x + 5)m by (6x – 3)m C. (6x - 5)m by (2x + 3)m
B. (2x - 5)m by (6x + 3)m D. (6x + 5)m by (2x – 3)m

_____23 . The area of a rectangular lot is (x2 + 5x – 14)m2. If the width is (x – 2)m,
what is the length of the lot?
A. (x + 12)m B. (x - 12)m C. (x + 7)m D. (x - 7)m

_____24. What is the possible base of a triangle whose area is (x2 – x – 2)cm2?
A. (2x – 2)cm B. ( x – 2)cm C. (2x – 1)cm D. (x – 1)cm

_____25. How will you write the area of the shaded region of the given figure
at the right?.
A. (x – y) sq. units
B. (x2 – y2) sq. units
C. (x – y)2 sq. units X
D. (x2 – y2)2 sq. units Y