1. Head To Head: Year 9 Factorisation (Hard Edition)
Dr J Frost
Last Updated: 30th September 2015

2. vs Head to Head You are head to head with the person on your table.
You must circle or underline your answer to finalise it.
Once you finalise an answer, you can’t change it.
The first person with the correct answer wins.
If both people get it wrong or neither answers, just do a quick paper-scissors-rock to settle.
Winner moves up (as per left). Loser moves down. vs
Head Table 8 9
Rear Table 2 7 10 15 3 6 11 14 4 5 12 13

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Question 1
Factorise 𝑥 2 −9𝑥 ?
𝒙(𝒙−𝟗)
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Question 2
Factorise 𝑥 2 −5𝑥−14 ?
(𝒙+𝟐)(𝒙−𝟕)
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Question 3
Factorise 𝑥 2 −25 𝑦 2 ?
(𝒙+𝟓𝒚)(𝒙−𝟓𝒚)
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Question 4
Factorise 4 𝑥 2 −7𝑥−2 ?
𝟒𝒙+𝟏 𝒙−𝟐
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Question 5
Factorise 3 𝑥 2 −13𝑥−10 ?
𝟑𝒙+𝟐 𝒙−𝟓
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Question 6
Factorise 𝑥 3 −𝑥 ?
𝒙(𝒙+𝟏)(𝒙−𝟏)
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Question 7
Factorise 6 𝑎 6 𝑏 6 −12 𝑎 2 𝑏 10 ?
𝟔 𝒂 𝟐 𝒃 𝟔 𝒂 𝟒 −𝟐 𝒃 𝟒
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Question 8
Fully factorise 2 𝑎 2 𝑏 2 −8 𝑎 4 𝑏 4 ?
𝟐 𝒂 𝟐 𝒃 𝟐 (𝟏+𝟐𝒂𝒃)(𝟏−𝟐𝒂𝒃)
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Question 9
Factorise 𝑎𝑏+𝑎𝑐−3𝑏−3𝑐 ?
(𝒂−𝟑)(𝒃+𝒄)
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Question 10
Fully factorise 2 𝑥 2 −18 ?
𝟐(𝒙+𝟑)(𝒙−𝟑)
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Question 11
Fully factorise 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 +𝑥−𝑦 ?
(𝒙−𝒚)(𝒙+𝒚+𝟏)
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Question 12
Fully factorise 𝑥 3 +4 𝑥 2 −𝑥−4 ?
𝒙+𝟒 𝒙+𝟏 𝒙−𝟏
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Question 13
(Without a calculator)
Find the value of − 999 2 ?
𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎
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Question 14
Fully factorise 𝑥 4 −6 𝑥 2 −7 ?
𝒙 𝟐 +𝟏 𝒙 𝟐 −𝟕
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Question 15
Fully factorise 𝑥 4 −8 𝑥 2 +16 ?
𝒙+𝟐 𝟐 𝒙−𝟐 𝟐
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Question 16
Factorise 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 −2𝑦𝑧+𝑥−𝑦−𝑧 ?
(𝒙−𝒚−𝒛)(𝒙+𝒚+𝒛+𝟏)
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