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If you get stuck, look back at the worked and guided examples.

1. Factorise the following expressions:

a) 2𝑥𝑥 + 6

b) 5 − 10𝑧𝑧

c) −8𝑝𝑝 + 16𝑝𝑝

d) −6𝑒𝑒 3 − 18𝑒𝑒 2

e) −7𝑧𝑧 + 21𝑧𝑧 2

f) 2𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 714𝑦𝑦

g) −120𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦𝑧𝑧 + 3𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑧𝑧 2 + 9𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 2 𝑧𝑧

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h) 15𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 5𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑧𝑧 − 125𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦

i) 3𝑝𝑝3 𝑞𝑞 − 9𝑝𝑝𝑞𝑞 3 − 3𝑝𝑝𝑞𝑞 2

j) −5𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 7𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 10𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦 2 𝑧𝑧

k) 6𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 + 18𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 − 3𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑔𝑔2

l) −48𝑎𝑎𝑏𝑏 2 𝑐𝑐 3 + 12𝑏𝑏 2 𝑐𝑐 3 − 18𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏 3 𝑐𝑐 2

m) 2𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐 2 + 26𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 − 12𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐 2

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