ACTIVITY 1.

Factor – common

Column A Column B Column C

(factoring) (factoring) (common factors/GCF)
Example: 18 = (2)(3)(3) 30 = (2)(3)(5) (2)(3) =__6____

1. 12 = (2)(2)(3) 15 = (3)(5) ___3___

2. 10 = (2)(5) 35 = (5)(7) ___5___

3. 16 = (2)(2)(2)(2) 24 = (2)(2)(2)(3) (2)(2)(2) = ___8___

A. THE POWER OF 2!

__P___ 1. 16

__N___ 2. 12

__P___ 3. 25

__N___ 4. 8x2

__P___ 5. 36x4

Questions:

1. which items are perfect square? = Items 1, 3, and 5 are perfect square.

2. which items are not perfect square? = Items 2 and 3 are not in perfect square.

3. what did you do to determine whether the numbers are perfect square?

= I have determined it by performing simple factorization and if number have the same factor then it is
perfect.

C. POWER OF 3!

1. 27 = 33 4. 125x3 = (5x)3

2. 1/8 = (1/2)3 5. 227x6 y12 = (3x2y4)3

3. 64y3 = (5x)3

Questions:

1. how did you find the activity?

= I find it quite difficult, but I think I did my best.

2. Where you able to correctly express each expression as a power of 3?

= I think so, Process that I’ve used was based on what I have learned on the previous lessons.

3. Did you encounter any difficult the activity? __NO____

ACTIVITY 2.

A. MULTIPLY ME, FACTOR ME

QUESTIONS:

1. What is the product of x and x? x2____

2. What are the factors of x2? (X)(X) ____

3.Give the product of 3x and 4x. 12x2____

4. Factors of 12x2? (3X) (4X) _____

5. What is your observation from the given examples? My observation from the given example is that
I just multiply the numerical coefficients and multiply variables, in multiplying variables I have
observed that we just add their exponents.

B. FINDING THE ROOTS

Questions:

1. Are the first term and the last term the same? No Why or why not? Because they have different
coefficient and variables.

2. what pattern is seen in the factors of difference of two squares?

= The work for the solution will be shown for factoring out any greatest common factors then
calculating a difference of 2 squares.

3. When can you factor expressions using difference of two squares?

= When the expression is perfect square.

4. Can all expressions be factored using difference of two squares? Why or why not?
= No, the difference of two squares is only applicable for expression taking the form x 2-b2, where the
factored form is (x+b)(x-b).

Polynomial GCMF Factored Form

2
1. x + 2x x X(x+2)
2. 5x2 – 10x3 5x2 5x2(1-2x)
3. 25x2y3 + 55xy3 5xy3 5xy3(5x+11)
4. 10c3 – 80c5 – 5c6 + 5c7 5c3 5c3(2-16c2-c3+c4)
5. 12m5n2 – 6m2n3 +3mn 3mn 3mn(4m4n-2mn2+1)
ACTIVITY 4.

a. cube to the Left, cube to the Right

NSND 1. 16 + 𝑎3 DTC 4. 1000 – 𝑦3

DTC 2. 27𝑏3 − 64 STC 5. 1 + 𝑎3b3

STC 3. 125 + 𝑣6

b. The Missing Parts

1. (𝑥 + 3) (x2 – 3x + 9) 2. (𝑥 – 3) (x2 + 3𝑥 + 9)

= (𝑥 + 3) (x2 – ( x+3 )3x + ( x+3 )9 = ( x- 3 )x2 + (𝑥 – 3)3𝑥 + (𝑥 – 3) 9_

= 𝑥3 + 3x2 − 3x2 – 9𝑥 + 9x + 27 = x3 − 3x2+ 3x2− 9x + 9𝑥 – 27

= x3 + _27_ = _ x3 − 27

c. breaks the cubes

1. 𝑥3 + 27 = (x + 3) (x2 – 3x + 9)

2. 8𝑦3 – 27 = (2y – 3) (4y2 + 6y +9)

3. 1 + 𝑥3 𝑦3 = (1+ xy) (1 – xy + x2y2)

ACTIVITY 5

A. You Complete Me

1. 7𝑝 2 − 7𝑝 = 7𝑝 (p - 1)

2. 18𝑥𝑦 + 3𝑦 = ( 3y ) (6𝑥 + 1)

3. 15𝑡 3 − 15𝑡 2 + 20𝑡 = 5𝑡 ( 3t2 – 3t +4 )

4. 17𝑥 5 − 51𝑥 4 − 34 𝑥 = ( 17x ) (𝑥4− 3𝑥3 − 2)

5. 35𝑥 5𝑦 2 + 21𝑥 4𝑦 + 14𝑥 3𝑦 2 = 7𝑥3 𝑦 ( 5x2y +3x +2y )

Questions:

1. Which was easier: finding the remaining factor given the GCF, or finding the GCF given the other
factor? Why?

= finding the remaining factors given the GCF is easier than finding the GCF given the other factor,
because we can easily get the other factor just by dividing the given number by the GCF.

2. What did you do to find the GCF given the remaining factors?

= what I did is to list their prime factors and find what is their common and then multiply those
together.
B. Pair and Pair!

C. Packing Breakables

Question:

1. Write a polynomial that describes the amount of space in a larger box that must be filled with
Styrofoam chips.

= 1,728 – x3

2. Factor the polynomial.

= (12 – x) (144 + 12x +x3)

ACTIVITY 6.
Self-Assessment
A. Generalization
A. What is factoring?
= is the process of finding the factors of an expression which is the reverse process of
multiplication.
B. Describe Common Monomial Factor
= is a monomial that is a common factor to all of the terms of a polynomial.
C. How can we obtain the CMF?
= find the prime factorization of each monomial, including all the variables, then take the
product of all common factors.
D. What is the next step after finding the CMF?
= the next stop is factoring.
E. What is the factored form of the expression consisting of 2?
= sum or difference of terms to a product of a factor.
F.
= Every difference of squares problem can be factored as follows: a2 – b2 = (a + b)(a – b) or (a –
b)(a + b). So, all you need to do to factor these types of problems is to determine what numbers
squares will produce the desired results. Step 3: Determine if the remaining factors can be
factored any further.
G.
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B. CUBES and ME
1.
= Every difference of squares problem can be factored as follows: a2 – b2 = (a + b)(a – b) or (a – b)(a +
b). So, all you need to do to factor these types of problems is to determine what numbers squares will
produce the desired results. Step 3: Determine if the remaining factors can be factored any further.

2.
= You encounter some interesting patterns when factoring. Two special cases—the sum of cubes and
the difference of cubes—can help you factor some binomials that have a degree of three (or higher, in
some cases). The special cases are:

A binomial in the form a3 + b3 can be factored as (a + b)(a2 – ab + b2)

A binomial in the form a3 – b3 can be factored as (a – b)(a2 + ab + b2)
Always remember to factor out any common factors first.Z

C. Check what you have learned.

1. A 2. B 3. A

TRUE OR FALSE
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE