Factoring the Difference of Two Squares

1.x2 – y2 = (x+y)(x-y)

2. x2 – 9 = (x+3) (x-3)

3. 4x2 – 64 = (2x+ 8)(2x – 8)

4. 25x2 – 49y2 = (5x+ 7y)(5x-7y)

5. 9y2 – 81= (3y+ 9)(3y- 9)

Factoring the sum and difference of two cubes

1.27x3 + y3 = (3x + y)(9x2 – 3xy + y2)

2. 8p3 – 125q3 = (2p – 5q)(4p2 + 10pq + 25q2)

3. a3 + 64 = ( a+ 4)(a2- 4a+16)

4. 2x3 – 1024y3 = 2(x – 8y )( x2 + 8xy+ 64y2)

5. x3 + 343 = (x+ 7)(x2- 7x + 49)

Factoring a Perfect Square Trinomial

1. 4x2 + 12x+ 9 = (2x + 3)2

2. 25x2 + 70xy + 49y2 = (5x+7y)2
3. a2+ 16a+64 = (a+8)2
4. b2 – 24b+ 144 =(b-12)2
5. 9y2 – 36yz +36z = (3y-6z)2

Factoring Quadratic Trinomial of the form ax2 +bx + c, where a = 1

a2+10a+ 24 = (a+4)(a+6)

b2 + 5b -24 = (b-3)(b+8)

Factoring Quadratic Trinomial of the form ax2 +bx+ c, where a ≠ 1

1. (2x + 5)(x- 9) = 2x2 – 13x -45

2. (3x+2)(5x + 1) = 15x2 +13x +2

Factoring Polynomials with common monomial factor

1. 4x3 – 12x6 = 4x2 ( x – 3x4)

2. 3ab + 27b2 = 3b (a + 9b)
3. 4x2 + 4y = 4(x2 + y)
4. 9y3 + 21yz = 3y( 3y2 + 7z)
5. a5 – 5a3 = a3 ( a2- 5)

Factoring by Groupings

1. 2x3 - 6x2 + 9x - 27 = ( 2x2 +9 ) ( x-3)

2. 4xd – d – 20xy -5y = ( d-5y)(4x-1)