GRADE 8-MATH

WEEK 2

FACTORING
 WEEK 1 AND WEEK 2

- FACTORING POLYNOMIALS WITH COMMON MONOMICAL FACTORS

- FACTORING POLYNOMIALS WITH DIFFERENCE OF TWO SQUARES
- FACTORING POLYNOMIALS WITH SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF TWO CUBES
- FACTORNG POLYNOMIALS WITH PERFECT SQUARE OF TRINOMIALS
- FACTORING POLYNOMIALS WITH GENERAL TRINOMIALS
 • 5xy+3z 4x2 -16 3 Click icon to add picture
3z 5xy +3z +2 PRODUCT OF
POLYNOMIALS

POLYNOMIAL IS KIND OF
(4x y )(2xyz )
3 4 3
= 8x4y5z3 ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION
WHERE EACH TERM IS A
CONSTANT, A VARIABLE
OR A PRODUCT OF A

(2a b )(3b c – 4a )
4 4 4 3 2 = 6a4b8c3 – 8a6b4 CONSTANT AND
VARIABLE IN WHICH THE
VARIABLE HAS A WHOLE
NUMBER (NON-NEGATIVE
NUMBER) EXPONENT.
 FACTORING

•IT IS THE REVERSE

PROCESS OF PRODUCT
 GREATEST COMMON FACTORS

32, 48? 30, 45

32 48 30 45
1 x 32 1x 1 x 30 1 x 45
2 x 16 248x 2x 3 x 15
24 15
4x 8 3x 3 x 10 5x9
16
4x
12
6x8
 LESSON 1: GREATEST COMMON MONOMIAL
FACTOR
FACTORING AND GCF

Factoring is finding two or more factors of a number or a polynomial.

The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) or two or more monomials (a monomials is an expression
with one term.) is the common factor having the greatest numerical factor with variables having
the least degree. Thus the term axn is the GCF of the terms of a polynomial with one variable
x and integer numerical coefficient.

Steps;
Get the,
1. a is the greatest integer that divides each of the coefficients of the polymials and
2. n is the smallest exponent of x in all the terms of the polynomials

32 x + 48 x2 ------

16 n is 1

a
 TO FACTOR A POLYNOMIAL WHOSE TERMS HAVE A
COMMON MONOMIAL FACTOR:

32x + 48x2
I. FIND THE GREATEST MONOMIAL THAT IS A FACTOR OF EACH TERM OF
THE POLYNOMIAL. 16x

32 𝑥
2. DIVIDE THE POLYNOMIAL 48
BY𝑥2THE FACTOR FOUND IN STEP I .THE
QUOTIENT IS THE 16
OTHER
𝑥 FACTOR.
16𝑥
+

3. EXPRESS THE POLYNOMIAL + THE

16 x (2 AS 3x) PRODUCT OF THE TWO FACTORS.
 EXAMPLES:

GREATEST
Quotient of
COMMON Factored Form
POLYNOMIALS Polynomial and CMF
MONOMIAL  
 

FACTOR
2 3m + 4 2 (3m + 4)
6m + 8
 
     

4x 3x - 5 4x(3x – 5)
12x2 -20x
2 6x – 9y + 8xy3 2(6x – 9y +
12x - 18y +16x2y3 8xy3)
 
 LESSON 2 : DIFFERENCE OF TWO SQUARES
(DOTS)

SPECIAL PRODUCT FACTOR

SPECIAL PRODUCTS AND
FACTORING. SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF DIFFERENCE OF
THE PROCESS OF BINOMIAL SQUARE
FINDING PRODUCTS OF
BINOMIALS USING
SHORT METHOD IS (a + b)(a − b) a2 − b2
CALLED SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENCE OF TWO SQUARES
PRODUCTS • BINOMIAL
• MINUS SIGN AT THE MIDDLE
• FIRST AND LAST TERM ARE PERFECT
SQUARES
• THE EXPONENT OF THE LITERAL
COEFFICIENTS ARE ALWAYS EVEN
 FIND ME !
2X4 –6Y2 25m2 –36n2
9c – 16d
4 2

25a –66b
2 2 27s4 – 64t2

= (3c2 + 4d) (3c2 – 4d ) = (5m+ 6n) (5m – 6n)

 FACTORING OF SUM AND DIFFERENCE OF
TWO CUBES

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES :
• 8 =2 3
FACTOR
• 27 =33 DIFFERENCE OF
3 =(4p + 5s)(16p2 •– 125 =5 3 CUBE
64p + 125s
3 20ps + 25s2)
• y3
GET THE ROOT OF THE

FIRST AND LAST TERM (a – b) (a + ab + b )

2 2 a3− b3
• THE PRODUCT OF FIRST

AND SECOND TERM

= (4p + 5s) (16p2 - 20ps + 25s2 ) SUM OF CUBE

S O AP
(a + b) (a2 + ab + b2) a3 + b3
• THE SQUARE OF THE

FIRST AND LAST TERM

 TRY ME !

216X3 + 64Y3

= (6x + 4y) (36x2 -24xy + 16y2)

 WRAPPED UP!

• HOW T GET THE GREATEST COMMON MONOMIAL ?

• WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SQUARE OF OF BINOMIAL ?

- WHAT IS FACTORING ?

- HOW TO FACTOR SUM OF CUBES OR DIFFERENCE OF CUBE?

 FACTOR THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSION

1. (4X Y – 20XY )
3 4 3 = 4xy3 (x2y – 5)
2. (4x -9y )
2 2 = (2x + 3y) (2x -3y)
= (4y -2z) (16y2 + 8yz +
3. (64Y3 - 8Z3)
4z2)
 PRACTICE!

(4X3Y4)(2XYZ3)
(64Y3 - 8Z3)
 (4x2-9y2)