1. Material Taken From: Mathematics for the international student Mathematical Studies SL Mal Coad, Glen Whiffen, John Owen, Robert Haese, Sandra Haese and Mark Bruce Haese and Haese Publications, 2004

2. Section 8c – Factorization of Quadratic Expressions

3. Greatest Common Factor
2x2 + 3x
(x – 5)2 – 2(x – 5)
(x + 2)2 + 2x + 4

4. Difference of Squares
x2 – 9
25y6 – 49x2
2x2 – 8

5. Difference of Squares
Factor:
x2 – 11
(x + 3)2 – 5
(3x + 2)2 – 9

6. What if we started out with
DO NOT WRITE THIS DOWN.
Factoring Trinomials
Multiply
Factor
(x + 3)(x + 4)
x2 + 7x + 12
What if we started out with
and wanted to get to

7. Factoring Trinomials
Factor:
x2 + 7x + 12

8. Section 8d – Factorization of ax2 + bx + c
x2 + 8x + 12
x2 + 4x – 21

9. The Hoffman Method for factoring ax2 + bx +c
6x2 + 7x – 3

10. Factoring ax2 + bx +c
3x2 + 5x + 2
15x2 + x – 6

11. Factoring ax2 + bx +c
5x2 – 13x + 6
12x2 – 1x – 6

12. Factor completely
3x2 – 9x + 6
6x2 – 20x – 16

13. Homework Pg 247-251 Pg 254 C.1 – 1aei, 2adi
C.2 – 1afh, 2aef, 3aei, 4aeh
C.3 – 1adi, 2bef
C.4 – 1aeho, 2aeil
Pg 254
1aeil
2aglru