Factors and Products

Lesson 1: Prime factorization, GCF, LCM

Factor:

Prime Number:

Composite Number:

Prime Factorization:

Example 1:

Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

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Example 2:

Least Common Multiple (LCM)

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Example 3:

Determine the GCF and the LCM of 140, 120 & 300

Example 4:

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Lesson 2: Expanding (Multiplying) Polynomials

What is a Polynomial?

How do we multiply numbers?

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 Example 1:

c) (-2g + 8)(7 – 3g)

Choose two to do with the area model (rectangle diagram method) and two to do with the distribution
method.

c) (2d + 1)(3d + 4) d) (6t – 9)(7 – 5t)

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Example 2:

Example 3: Expand and simplify: (2r – 5t)2

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Example 4:

Check Your Understanding:

a) (4m + 1)(3m – 2) + 2(2m – 1)(-3m + 4)

b) (6h + k – 2)(2h – 3) – (4h – 3k)2

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 Example 5: Determine the Area of the Shaded Region. Write your answer in simplest
form.

2x + 5

3x – 1 x+3

Lesson 3: Factoring Polynomials (GCF)

Example 1:

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Example 2:

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

2. Factor the trinomial: 6 – 12z – 18z2

Verify that the factors are correct.

Example 3:

Example 4: Simplify each expression by combining like terms, then factor.

-7n3 – 5n2 + 2n – n2 – n3 – 12n

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Lesson 4 : Factoring Trinomials of Form ax2 + bx + c

3 Methods: Factor 2x2 +9x +10

1. Area Model

2. Decomposition

3. Guess and Check

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Example 1:

Verify b) with expanding:

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Example 2:

-24 – 5d + d2 c) 3p2 – 5pq – 2q2

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Check your understanding: Factor each trinomial

a) -10 + 3s2 – 13 s b) 10c2 – cd – 2d2

Lesson 5: Factoring Special Polynomials

Example 1: Factoring a Trinomial with a Common Factor and Binomial Factors

Factor :
a) -4t3 – 16t2 + 128t b) 6x2 – 21x + 9 c) 72 – x – x2

d) 5z2 + 10z – 5

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a) b) 24h2 – 20h – 24 c) y3 + y2 + 5y

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Difference of Squares

Example 2:
Factor each binomial
a) 25 - 36x 2 b) 5 x 2 - 80 y 2

Check Your Understanding

b) 200e2 - 98 f 2

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Perfect Square Trinomials

Example 3: Factor

a) x2 + 6x + 9 b) 100a2 – 140a + 49

Check your understanding:

a) x2 - 10x + 25 b) 36b2 + 12b + 1

Factoring by Grouping:

Example 4: Factor

a) xy – 5y – 2x + 10 b) a2 + 3b – 3a – ab

Check your understanding:

a) ab – 2b + a – 2 b) 3x3 + 2x2 + 6x + 4

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