Name: RICELL JOY B.

ROCAMORA COURSE & YEAR: BEED-2

Detailed Lesson Plan in Factoring Sums and Differences of Two Cubes

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of 60 minutes discussion the students will able to the following with at least 80% level
of accuracy:

a. familiarize oneself in getting the cube root of a term;

b. factor sums and differences of two cubes and
c. formulate their own problem in factoring the sums and differences of two cubes.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: “Factoring Sums and Differences of Two Cubes”
Reference: Elementary Algebra by Julieta G. Bernabe pp. 209-210
Materials: Visual Aids, chalk and blackboard

III. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Daily Routine
1. Prayer
All stand for our opening prayer. In the name of the Father…. Amen

2. Greetings
Good morning, class! Good morning Ma’am!

3. Checking of Attendance
Is there any absent from the class Everybody is present today.
today?
Very Good! That’s great.

B. Drill
Give the cube of the following number: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1331, 1728, 2197, 2744, 3375.
14, 15.

Very Good!

C. Review A Quadratic trinomial is a product of two

Last meeting we discussed about
Quadratic Trinomials, again what is a
quadratic trinomial?
How do you factor quadratic trinomial?
binomials whose degree is 2.
In factoring quadratic trinomials, the first
terms of two binomials are the square roots of
first of a quadratic trinomial. The second
terms are the products of the third term of a
quadratic trinomial and also the addends of
the second term of quadratic trinomial.

Very Good!
Any question?

D. Motivation
Yes, Ma’am!
Can we get the product of (a + b) (a2 -
ab + b2)? We will multiply the first term of a binomial to
What are we going to do if we will get its each term in the trinomial, and then multiply
product? the second term also to each term in the
trinomial.
 Very Good! (a + b) (a2 - ab + b2)
Write your answer on the board. = a3 - a2b + ab2 + a2b - ab2 + b3
= a3 + b 3

Correct!
How about this problem, (a - b) (a2 +ab (a - b) (a2 + ab + b2)
+ b2)? = a3 + a2b + ab2 - a2b + ab2 + b3
= a3 - b 3

Very Good!
What is the difference between the In the first example, the second term of a
given examples? binomial has positive sign and the second
term of a trinomial has negative sign, while in
the second given example was just the
reverse of the signs of the first example. The
sign of the first example is positive while the
sign of the second example is negative.

What do you call the result of the first

The result of first given example is the sum of
example?
two cubes.
What do you call the result of the
The result of second given example is the
second given example?
difference of two cubes.
Do you have any idea of what will be
our topic today?

I think our topic today is about the sum and

Very Good! difference of two cubes.
E. Presentation
Our topic is about factoring the sum and
difference of two cubes.

Factoring Sum and Difference of Two Cubes

In algebra class, the teacher would always

discuss the topic of sum of two cubes and
difference of two cubes side by side. The
reason is that they are similar in structure. The
key is to "memorize" or remember the patterns
involved in the formulas.

 Case 1: The polynomial in the

form   is called sum of two

cubes because two cubic terms are
being added together.

 Case 2: The polynomial in the

form   is called difference of two
cubes because two cubic terms are
being subtracted.

 So here are the formulas that summarize how

to factor the sum and difference of two cubes.
Study them carefully using the following
diagrams.

Case 1: Sum of Two Case 2: Difference

Cubes of Two Cubes
 Observations:
Observations:
 For the
 For the "sum" "difference"
case, the case, the
binomial binomial
factor on the factor on the
right side of right side of
the equation the equation
has a middle has a middle
sign that sign that
is positive. is negative.

 In addition to  In addition to
the "sum" the
case, the "difference"
middle sign of case, the
the trinomial middle sign of
factor will the trinomial
always be factor will
opposite the always be
middle sign of opposite the
the given middle sign of
problem. the given
Therefore, it problem.
is negative. Therefore, it
is positive.

Let's go over some examples and see how

the rules are applied.

Example 1: Factor 
Currently the problem is not written in the
form that we want. Each term must be
written as cube, that is, an expression
raised to a power of 3. The term with
variable x is okay but the 27 should be
taken care of. Obviously we know that 27 =
(3)(3)(3) = 33.
Rewrite the original problem as sum of two
cubes, and then simplify. Since this is the
"sum" case, the binomial factor and
trinomial factor will have positive and
negative middle signs, respectively.

Example 2: Factor 

This is a case of difference of two cubes since the

number 8 can be written as a cube of a number, where
8 = (2)(2)(2) = 23.
Apply the rule for difference of two cubes, and simplify.
Since this is the "difference" case, the binomial factor
and trinomial factor will have negative and positive
middle signs, respectively.

Y^3-8=(y-2)(y^2+2y+4)
IV. Evaluation

Factor each completely

1) x 3 + 125

2) a 3 + 64

3) x 3 − 64

4) u 3 + 8

5) x 3 − 27

6) 125 − x 3

7) 1 − a 3

8) a 3 + 125

9) x 3 + 27

10) x 3 + 1

V. Assignment

Factoring the Sum or Difference of Cubes Factor each completely.

1) x 3 + 8

2) a 3 + 64

3) a 3 + 216

4) 27 + 8x 3

5) a 3 − 216

6) 64x 3 − 27

7) 27m 3 − 125

8) x 3 − 64

9) 432 + 250m 3

10) 81x 3 + 192