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Factoring Quadratic Expressions Date________________ Period____

Factor each completely.

1) x 2 − 7 x − 18 2) p 2 − 5 p − 14

3) m 2 − 9m + 8 4) x 2 − 16 x + 63

5) 7 x 2 − 31 x − 20 6) 7k 2 + 9k

7) 7 x 2 − 45 x − 28 8) 2b 2 + 17b + 21

9) 5 p 2 − p − 18 10) 28n 4 + 16n 3 − 80n 2

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 11) 3b 3 − 5b 2 + 2b 12) 7 x 2 − 32 x − 60

13) 30n 2 b − 87nb + 30b 14) 9r 2 − 5r − 10

15) 9 p 2 r + 73 pr + 70r 16) 9 x 2 + 7 x − 56

17) 4 x 3 + 43 x 2 + 30 x 18) 10m 2 + 89m − 9

Critical thinking questions:

19) For what values of b is the expression 20) Name four values of b which make the
factorable? expression factorable:
x 2 + bx + 12 x2 − 3x + b

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 Kuta Software - Infinite Algebra 2 Name___________________________________

Factoring Quadratic Expressions Date________________ Period____

Factor each completely.

1) x 2 − 7 x − 18 2) p 2 − 5 p − 14
( x − 9)( x + 2) ( p + 2)( p − 7)

3) m 2 − 9m + 8 4) x 2 − 16 x + 63
(m − 1)(m − 8) ( x − 9)( x − 7)

5) 7 x 2 − 31 x − 20 6) 7k 2 + 9k
(7 x + 4)( x − 5) k(7k + 9)

7) 7 x 2 − 45 x − 28 8) 2b 2 + 17b + 21
(7 x + 4)( x − 7) (2b + 3)(b + 7)

9) 5 p 2 − p − 18 10) 28n 4 + 16n 3 − 80n 2

(5 p + 9)( p − 2) 4n 2 (7n − 10)(n + 2)

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 11) 3b 3 − 5b 2 + 2b 12) 7 x 2 − 32 x − 60
b(3b − 2)(b − 1) (7 x + 10)( x − 6)

13) 30n 2 b − 87nb + 30b 14) 9r 2 − 5r − 10

3b(2n − 5)(5n − 2) Not factorable

15) 9 p 2 r + 73 pr + 70r 16) 9 x 2 + 7 x − 56

r( p + 7)(9 p + 10) Not factorable

17) 4 x 3 + 43 x 2 + 30 x 18) 10m 2 + 89m − 9

x( x + 10)(4 x + 3) (m + 9)(10m − 1)

Critical thinking questions:

19) For what values of b is the expression 20) Name four values of b which make the
factorable? expression factorable:
x 2 + bx + 12 x2 − 3x + b
13, 8, 7, −13, −8, −7 Many answers. Ex: 0, 2, −4, −10, −18

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