MTAP SATURDAY PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 8 SESSION 1

FACTORING TECHNIQUES

Part I.

A. Factor each expression completely.

1. 21𝑎4 𝑏 2 + 14𝑎5 𝑏 3 − 35𝑎3 𝑏 4 6. 9𝑚2 + 24𝑚𝑛 + 16𝑛2 11. 𝑝 3 + 216

2. 5(𝑐 − 𝑑) + 𝑐(𝑐 − 𝑑) 7. 81 − 144𝑦 2 + 16𝑦 4 12. 4 − 𝑏 8 𝑐 10

3. 𝑟 6 − 81 8. 𝑎4 − 28𝑎2 𝑏 + 196𝑏 2 13. 5𝑚2 + 80𝑚 + 320

4. 49 − (𝑚 + 2)2 9. 4ℎ2 + 29ℎ − 63 14. 125𝑚3 − 8

5. 𝑤 2 (𝑥 + 𝑦) − (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 10. 𝑚2 − 20𝑚 + 99 15. 98𝑦 2 − 288

B. Use regrouping, or addition-and-subtraction-of-suitable-terms technique to factor each expression completely.

1. 𝑟 3 + 2𝑟 2 + 4𝑟 + 8 5. 𝑝 4 + 10𝑝 2 − 9𝑢2 + 25

2. 𝑚4 − 2𝑚2 + 1 6. 𝑦 4 + 8𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 + 16

3. 2𝑥𝑦 2 − 3𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑥 + 6𝑦 2 − 9𝑦 − 6 7. 64𝑏 3 − 1

4. 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 − 7𝑎 + 9𝑏 − 8 8. 𝑚6 𝑛9 + 8

C. Simplify each expression below.

6𝑥 2 +9 49−100𝑦 2 𝑐 2 𝑑𝑦+𝑐𝑑 2 𝑦+𝑐 2 𝑑+𝑐𝑑 2

1. 5. 9.
4𝑥 2 +6 21𝑥−30𝑥𝑦 𝑐𝑦 2 +𝑐𝑦 2 +2𝑐𝑦+2𝑑𝑦+𝑐+𝑑

𝑥+5 𝑥 3 +𝑦 3 𝑟 12 −27𝑠 12
2. 6. 10.
𝑥 2 +10𝑥+25 𝑥 2 −𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2 𝑟 8 +3𝑟 4 𝑠 4 +9𝑠 8

3𝑎2 +𝑎−10 𝑣 3 +343 22𝑘+2 +2𝑘+2 +1

3. 7. 11.
3𝑎−5 𝑣 2 −49 22𝑘+1 +3∙2𝑘 +1

10𝑥 2 +11𝑥+3 (𝑘−𝑟)(ℎ3 −1) 33𝑘+1 −32𝑘+1 −2∙32𝑘 −2∙3𝑘

4. 8. 12.
5𝑥 2 −32𝑥−21 (𝑘−𝑟)2 (ℎ−1) 32𝑘+1 −5∙3𝑘 −2

D. Perform the indicated operation/s. Write the answers in simplest form.

32 4ℎ2 𝑎3 −1000 2𝑏2 −4 𝑏2 −2 1 2 3

1. ∙ 5. ∙ ÷ 9. − 𝑥+3 + 𝑥−3
48ℎ 16 𝑎2 +10𝑎+100 𝑎−10 4 𝑥 2 −9

2𝑎−6 𝑏3 𝑥 4 −𝑦 2 𝑥 6 +𝑦 3 𝑏 𝑏2 +𝑐 2 𝑐
2. ∙ 6𝑎−18 6. ∙ 10. − 𝑏2 −𝑐 2 + 𝑏+𝑐
4𝑏2 𝑥 4 +2𝑥 2 𝑦+𝑦 2 3𝑥 2 −3𝑦 𝑏−𝑐

𝑦 2 +5𝑦−24 3𝑦+24 3𝑛2 7𝑛+2 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2

3. ÷ 𝑦 2 −8𝑦−9 7. − 11. + 𝑥+𝑦 − 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2
𝑦 2 −2𝑦−3 𝑛+2 𝑛+2 𝑥−𝑦

𝑚2 +8𝑚+12 𝑚2 +4𝑚+4 𝑑2 𝑑 1 𝑥 2 −9 −𝑥 2 −5𝑥−6

4. ÷ 8. − 𝑑 3 +1 + 𝑑3 +1 12. −
𝑚2 −36 𝑚−6 𝑑 3 +1 𝑥 2 +6𝑥+9 𝑥 2 +6𝑥+9
Part II. Solve each problem accordingly.

1. What must be added to 25 + 20𝑥 to make it a perfect square trinomial?

2. Express the product 7(13) as difference of two squares.

3. Rewrite 172 − (17)(11) + 112 as sum of two cubes.

4. If 7𝑎 + 7𝑏 = 15 and 3𝑎 − 3𝑏 = 4, find 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 .

5. The difference of two numbers is 16 and the difference of their squares is 384. Find the smaller number.

6. Find the algebraic expressions that can represent the dimensions of a rectangle if its area is expressed as
(2𝑚𝑥 + 2𝑚𝑦 − 𝑥 − 𝑦) square units.

7. What is the side length of a square whose area is (25𝑥 2 + 16𝑦 2 + 9 + 20𝑥𝑦 − 15𝑥 − 12𝑦) square units?

8. What is the perimeter of a square if its area is 16𝑥 2 + 40𝑥 + 25, where 𝑥 > 0?

9. The length of a rectangle is (𝑘 2 + 4𝑘 + 3) cm and its area is (𝑘 2 + 2𝑘 + 1)(3𝑘 2 + 7𝑘 − 6) sq.cm. Find the perimeter
of the rectangle.
𝑥+5
𝑥+7 1
10. Simplify each complex fraction: a. 𝑥2 −25
b. 2 + 1
2+ 1
3𝑥+21 2+ 2

Challenge:

1. For any real numbers 𝑥 and 𝑦, let 𝑥𝑦 = 20 and 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 9 Find the following:
a. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 b. 𝑥 −2 + 𝑦 −2 c. 𝑥 − 𝑦 d. 𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4
2. If the polynomial 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 is equivalent to 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 2, find the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐.

3. Consider three real numbers 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐. If the sum of their squares is 38 and 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑥𝑧 = 31, what is the square
of their sum?

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4. Express
37
in the form 1+ 1 , where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 and 𝑑 are integers, then find 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑.
𝑎+ 1
𝑏+ 1
𝑐+
𝑑

5. Solve for the value of c that will make the polynomial 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝒄 a perfect square trinomial.

𝑥2 𝑥−3
−
16 3𝑥+1
6. Simplify: 𝑥−3 𝑥−3
−
4 12𝑥+4
2x

7. Factor completely: 108𝑏𝑥 6 + 500𝑏𝑦 6.

8. Find the area of the shaded region expressed as the product of two binomials. 2x 2x

2x
9. If the sum of two numbers is 125 and their difference is 63. What is their product?

10. For any real numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏, let 𝑎2 𝑏 = 147, 𝑎𝑏 2 = 63, and 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 10, solve for 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 .

Prepared by: MARY JOY A. VILLAREAL, Caloocan National Science & Technology High School – SDO Caloocan