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 HOME-BASED LEARNING MATERIALS MATHEMATICS 8
Name:____________________________________ Date Submitted:______________
Grade & Section: ______________ Parent’s Name & Signature: _______________________
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS 8 GRADING PERIOD: FIRST QUARTER
LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
• Factors completely different types of polynomials (polynomials with common monomial
factor, difference of two squares, sum and difference of two cubes, perfect square trinomials,
and general trinomials).
• Solves problems involving factors of polynomials.
TOPICS: FACTORING POLYNOMIALS & PROBLEMS INVOLVING FACTORING
POLYNOMIALS

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 1 Score:

MESSAGE FROM THE KING

Direction: Match the factors in column A with the products in column B to decode the secret message.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. 4x(3x -5) A. 6x2y2 + 3xy3 – 3xy2
2. 3xy2(2x + y – 1) F. x3 – 27
3. (x + y)(x – y) G. 4x2 – 9
4. (2x + 3)(2x – 3) R. 4x2 + 12x + 9
5. (x – 5y)(x + 5y) U. 12x2 – 20x
6. (x + y)2 E. 6x2 + x – 2
7. (2x + 3)2 T. ac – ad + bc – bd
8. (x – 5y)2 S. mr – nr + ms – ns
9. (x + 4)(x – 3) C. x2 – y2
10. (2x -1)(3x + 2) I. 2x2 – x – 10
11. (x + 2)(2x – 5) O. x2 – 10xy + 25y2
12. (x – 3)(x2 + 3x + 9) N. x2+ x – 12
13. (x + 3)(x2 – 3x + 9) H. x3 + 27
14. (a + b)(c – d) M. x2 + 2xy + y2
15. (m – n)(r + s) L. x2 – 25y2
16. (3x + 4)(3x – 4) P. 9x2 – 16
17. (3x – 4)2 V. 9x2 – 24x + 16

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
12 2 3 14 8 7 11 9 4 11 15
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
14 13 10 7 10 17 10 7 15 10 8 12
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6 1 5 14 11 16 5 11 3 2 14 11 8 9

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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 2
Score:
FACTORING BY GREATEST COMMON MONOMIAL FACTOR
A. Find the GCF of each of the following expressions.
1. 24, 18, 36 GCF = ________ 4. 36m5n and 24m6n5 GCF = ________
2 3 4 9 3 2 6
2. a b and a b GCF = ________ 5. 40xy , 20x y and 30y GCF = ________
5 6 4 5
3. 5y z and 10xy z GCF = ________
B. Factor each of the following completely, if the expression is not factorable write prime.
1. 4a + 28 = _________________________________
2. 3x - 24 = ___________________________________
3. 5a + 2ab - 4 = _______________________________
4. 18y4 + 30y2 - 42y = ___________________________
5. 4m6n - 8m8n2 - 16m10n3 = _______________________

Score:
ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 3
FACTORING DIFFERENCE OF TWO SQUARES
A. State whether each polynomial is a difference of two squares. Write YES if it is a
difference of two squares, otherwise write NO on the blank provided.
1. x2 - 4 = ___________________ 4. 16x6 – 5b12 = ________________
2. 8a5 – 125b4 = _______________ 5. 49x8y6 – 36z4 = _____________
3. 25x4 - 121y6 = ______________

B. Directions: Form difference of two squares problems by pairing two squared quantities
then find their factors.
(Hint: You can create expressions that may require the use of the greatest common monomial factor)

Difference of two
squares Factors Difference of two Factors
Example: squares
16s2 – 9 (4s + 3)(4s -3)
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 4 Score:
FACTORING SUM/DIFFERENCE OF TWO CUBES
A. State whether each polynomial is a sum or difference of two cubes. Write YES if it is a sum
or difference of two cubes, otherwise write NO on the blank provided.
1. 8x3 - 1 = ___________________ 4. 216x6 – b12 = ________________
2. a3 – 155b3 = _______________ 5. 125x3y3 – 36z3 = _____________
3. 64x4 - 169y6 = ______________
B. Factor each of the following completely, if the expression is not factorable write prime.
1. x3 - 125 = __________________________________
2. y3 – 64 = __________________________________
3. 125m3 + 169n6 = ____________________________
4. 3m3 + 24 = _________________________________
5. 81x3y2 - 49xy4 = _____________________________

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 5 Score:

FACTORING PERFECT SQUARE TRINOMIALS
A. State whether each polynomial is a perfect square trinomial. Write YES if it is a perfect square
trinomial, otherwise write NO on the blank provided.
1. m2 + 15m + 36 = ____________ 4. n2 + 20nd + 100d2 = __________
2. 36d2 – 60d + 25 = ___________ 5. 4g4 – 16g2h3 + 16h6 = _________
3. b2 – 8bc + 9c3 = __________
B. Supply the missing term to make a true statement.
1. 16d2 + 24d + 9 = (4d + ___)2 4. 49g2 – 84g + 36 = (___ __ ___)2
2. a4b2 – 6abc + 9c2 = (a2b ___ ___)2 5. 20f4 – 60f3 + 45f2 = ___ (2f __ ___)2
3. 9n2 + 30nd + 25d2 = (___ __ 5d)2

C. Look for the different perfect square trinomials found in the box and factored it
completely. Answers might be written diagonally, horizontally, or vertically.

25x2 10x 81 18x x2 4 Perfect Squares

Trinomials Factored Form
2
15x 16x -24x 9 10x 28x Example:
x2 + 14x + 49 (x + 7)2
4x2 -16x 16 15x 25 49x2 1
16x2 49 8x 16 24x2 9 2
3
25 14x 8x 40x 30x 10x
4
2 2 2
7x x 12x 25x 40 12x 5

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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 6 Score:
FACTORING GENERAL TRINOMIALS
Direction: Factor each of the following completely, if the expression is not factorable write
prime.
1. x2 + 4x + 3 =______________ 6. 3m2 + m - 2 =______________
2. x2 + 8x + 7 =______________ 7. 2x2 - 7x + 3 =______________
3. y2 - 4y + 3 =_______________ 8. 2c2 - 26c + 24 =____________
4. m2 – 14m + 13 =___________ 9. 3p2 - 6p - 72 =______________
5. x2 - 3x - 10 =______________ 10. 6t2 - 30t + 36 =_____________

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 7 Score:

APPLICATIONS OF FACTORING
Direction: Solve the following problems using factoring. Show your complete solution.
1. A carpenter built a rectangular table with an area of x2 – 9x – 10 m2. What expressions
represent the table’s length and width?
Answer:

2. The carpenter also built a square table with an area of x2 + 26x + 169 m2. What expression
represents the length of one side of the table?
Answer:

3. The length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice its width. If the area of the rectangle is 24 sq.
meters, find its dimensions.
Answer:

4. Mhae purchased carpet to cover the floor of a rectangular room that has an area of 36 ft2.
The width of the room she is carpeting is 5 feet less than the length. Find the length and
width of the room.
Answer:

5. The product of two consecutive even integers is 120. Find all such pairs of integers.
Answer:

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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 8 Score:
RATIONAL ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
Learning Competency: Illustrates rational algebraic expressions. (M8AL-Ic-1)
A. Classify the following expressions if it is a Rational Algebraic Expression or Not Rational
Algebraic Expression.

𝟏 𝐜𝟔
𝒚 +𝟐 𝐚𝟔 𝐦−𝐦 Rational Algebraic Not Rational Algebraic
𝒚−𝟐 Expressions Expressions
𝐤 𝟏−𝐦
𝟐
𝟑𝐤 − 𝟔𝐤 𝐦𝟑
𝐜
𝐚−𝟐
𝐦 +𝟐 𝐚
𝟎 𝐲𝟐 − 𝐱𝟗

𝐚+𝐛 𝐛
𝟏−𝟏 𝐱𝟑

B. Simplify the following Rational Algebraic Expressions. Match Column A with the correct
answer in Column B.
Column A Column B

1. a. 𝟑
(𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)
(𝟐𝐩 + 𝟑)
(𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏)

2. (𝐤𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐤 + 𝟐𝟒) b. ⅓

(𝐤 − 𝟒)(𝐤 − 𝟔)

3. (𝐚 + 𝟓)(𝐚 − 𝟑) (𝐱 − 𝟏)
(𝐚𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚 − 𝟏𝟓) c. (𝐱 + 𝟏)

4. d. (k + 3)
(𝟔𝐩 + 𝟗)
(𝟒𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐩 + 𝟗)

(𝟒𝐚 + 𝟒𝐛)
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e.
5. (𝟏𝟐𝐚 + 𝟏𝟐𝐛)
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C. Simplify the following rational expressions and express your answer in lowest terms.

1. 12k2 =
6k

2. 12a2b5 =
– 48a3b2

3. 6(b + 5) =
18(b + 5)

4. 11s – 22s2 =
6 –12s

5. x+5 =
x + 3x – 10
2

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 9 Score:

Operations on Rational Algebraic Expression
Learning Competency: Perform operations on rational algebraic expressions. (M8AL-Ic-d-1)
A. Directions: Perform the operations in “Column A” and find the answers in “Column B”. Write
the answer in each box in column A. Write also the letter which corresponds to your answer inside
the circle to find the hidden statement.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
𝒙 𝒙
1. 𝒙 + 𝟒 ∙ 𝒙 + 𝟐 = (𝒙 + 𝟒)(𝒙+𝟐)
A (x + 3)(x – 5)
𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙−𝟏𝟓 𝟐
2. ÷ = What is the hidden
𝟖𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎 𝟒 D 2x
𝟔(𝒙+𝟐) 𝟒𝒙 𝒙
statement?
3. ∙ = E 7x2 Answer:
𝟐𝟎 𝟔(𝒙 + 𝟐)

𝒙+𝟕 𝒙𝟐 −𝟑𝒙−𝟒𝟎
4. ∙ = I x2 ____________________
𝟕𝒙+𝟑𝟓 𝒙−𝟖 𝟕
𝟐(𝒙+𝟔) 𝒙−𝟑 𝒙+𝟔 _____
5. ∙ = M 5
𝟒 𝟒
𝟐 𝟒𝒙𝟐 𝟏
6. 𝟕 ÷ = N 2(x – 3)
𝟏𝟒
𝟏 𝒙𝟐 +𝟔𝒙−𝟐𝟕
7. ∙ = O (x – 3)(x -5)
𝒙−𝟗 𝒙+𝟗 𝒙−𝟗
𝒙−𝟒 𝟏 𝒙−𝟓
8. ÷ = Q x–3
𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙−𝟐𝟖 𝒙− 𝟓
𝟐 𝒙−𝟏 U x+7
𝟗. 𝟕𝒙𝟑 + 𝟓𝟔𝒙𝟐 ÷ =
𝒙𝟐 +𝟕𝒙−𝟖 𝟐
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B. Perform the indicated operations on the following rational expressions to get the code to be
used in finding the answer to this question:
“Who is the Greek Math whiz who noticed that the morning star and evening star were
one and the same, in 530 B.C.?”
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟓 𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝒙 𝟗
𝐀 + G − H +
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟗 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒

𝒙+𝟒 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 𝟑𝒙 𝒛 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒

O − P + R +
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟖 𝟓𝒚 𝟓𝒚 𝒙+𝟏 𝒙+𝟏
𝒙 𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝟗 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙
S − T − Y + −
𝒙+𝟏 𝒙+𝟏 𝒙+𝟑 𝒙+𝟑 𝒙−𝟑 𝒙−𝟑 𝒙−𝟑

𝟑𝒙+𝒛
_________
𝟓𝒚
𝒙+𝟒 __________
𝒙−𝟑 _________
𝒙𝟐 +𝟏𝟕−𝟐𝟕
_________
(𝒙−𝟑)𝟐 (𝒙+𝟖)
Answer:
𝟑 _________
___________________________
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 _________
−𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒙+𝟏𝟑
_________
(𝒙−𝟐)(𝒙+𝟏)(𝒙+𝟒)
𝟓𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
_________
𝒙+𝟏
𝟑 _________
𝒙−𝟐
_________
𝒙+𝟏

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 10

Score:
Applications on Rational Algebraic Expression
Direction: Solve the following problems. Simplify the result. Show your solution.
For 1 -2. Recall the perimeter is the sum of 3. Find the area of a square if the length of
the lengths of the sides of a geometric 𝟒𝐱
each side is cm.
figure. Find an expression for the perimeter 𝟗
of each figure. 4. The base and the height of a triangle are
𝟓𝐱 𝟕
cm and cm, respectively. What is its
𝟕 𝟏𝟎𝐱
area?
5. How far have you traveled if you travel for
𝟕𝐡 𝟖𝟎𝐪
hours at mi/hr? 7
𝟔𝟎 𝟗
 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 11 Score:
Rectangular Coordinate System

Drill 1- Direction: Plot the following points in the coordinate system.

1. A (2, 1) 6. F (-2, -4)
2. B (-4, 3) 7. G (0, -1)
3. C (1, 5) 8. H (-4, 0)
4. D (-3, -4) 9. I (3, 0)
5. E (5, -3) 10. J (0, 5)

Drill 2: Direction: Indicate the quadrant or axis that contains each of the points represented by
the following ordered pairs.

1. 1, 7) 6. (6, 2)
2. (-3, 4) 7. (-7, 0.25)
3. (-5, -3) 8. (0, -3)
4. (½, -8) 9. (-2, -7)
5. (-9, 0) 10. (8, 0)

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 12

Linear Equations in Two Variables Score:

Drill 1: SOLUTIONS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

Direction: Determine the ordered pairs that are solutions of the following equations.

1.) 5x + y = 7 2.) x – 2y = 20 3.) 8x – y = 15

P ( -1 , 12 ) Q ( -1 , 12 ) A ( -2 , -11 ) N ( 4 , -8 )
E(1,2) U ( 2 , -9 ) I ( -3 , -39 ) M(2,9)
W ( -1 , 12 ) T(3,9) O ( 3 , -8 ) S(1,7)

Drill 2: POINT-PLOTTING USING SOME POINTS

Direction: Graph the linear equation. Find at least three solutions by selecting three values for x, then solve for the
corresponding values of y.
1. 2x + y = 12 2. y = 8x – 9 3. x – 2y = 7 4. 15x + 3y =24

x y x y x y x y

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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 13
Slope of a Line: Given Two Points, Equation and Graph Score:
Drill 1: Slope of a line Given Two Points.
Direction: Find the slope of a line passing through the following pair of points.

1. ( 8 , 9 ) and ( 3 , 2 ) 6. (-7, -1) and (6, 3)

2. ( -15 , 3 ) and ( 6 , -3 ) 7. (12, 5) and (-6, 8)
3. ( 6 , -2 ) and ( 5 , 1 ) 8. (2, 5) and (-4, 5)
4. ( 4 , -3 ) and ( 2 , 8 ) 9. (9, -5) and (-3, 2)
5. ( -4 , 2 ) and ( -4 , 10 ) 10. (1, 2) and (-4, 6)

Drill 2: Slope of a Line and Y-Intercept andWriting Linear Equation Ax + By= c in the form y= mx + b and vice-versa
I. Write the following equation in slope-intercept form, and then find the slope and the y-intercept.

1. y – 4x = 3
2. x + 3y = 12
3. 8x – 12y = 32
4. 10x + 4y = 14
5. 6x – 5y = 18

II. Identify the slope and the y-intercept, and then rewrite the equation in standard form.

1. -2x = y + 5
2. 3y = 8x + 12
3. 2y = 32 - 4x
4. -4y = 12x+ 14
5. 5y = -10x – 20

Drill 3: Slope of A Line Given The Graph

A. Direction: Find the slope of the following given line.
1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

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 B. Graph It!!!
Direction: Graph the line using the given points.

1. (−2, 1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑(0, −1) 2. (1, 3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2, 1)

3. (6, −2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑(8, 2) 4. (4, 3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 7, 0)
5. (−3, −3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2, −3) 6. (−2, 6) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−1, 4)
7. m = 2, through (1, 2) 8. m = 3, through (5, 3)
9. m = 4, through (0, 5) 10. m = 6, through (-3, 4)

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 14

Equation of a Line Score:
Drill 1: EQUATION OF A LINE
Direction: Write the equation of each line.
Given Slope-intercept form Standard form
1. 𝑚 = −1, 𝑏 = −5

2. 𝑚 = −7, 𝑏 = −1

3. 𝑚 = 3, 𝑏 = 4

4. 𝑚 = -6, b = 5

5. 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ: (3, 3),

𝑚 =2

6. 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ: (−1, 3),

𝑚=1

7. 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ: (4, 2),

𝑚=3

8. ((−4, 5) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0, −4)

9.((−3, −1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−2, −2)

(. (5, −3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−3, 3)

10.

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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 15
SOLVING SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
Score:
Activity: Name Game
A. Who Was He?
This mathematician born in 600 BC was said to be the first mathematician to prove a theorem. He was also
considered the first true mathematician. Who was he?
To find out, solve the following systems of linear equations using the substitution method. Then match the letter
that corresponds to the answer. The letters will spell out the name of this famous mathematician.

B. Do you know the name of the first British woman mathematician on record who was a Benedictine nun?
She lived from 935 to 1000 A.D. (Source: Math Journal)
To find the answer, simplify the following systems of linear equations. Match the solutions with the choices in the box.
Copy the letter corresponding to the answer on the blank with the same exercise number. Then discover the answer
to the trivia question above.

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