Factoring Puzzle   GCF, DOTS, SOTS, DOTC, SOTC, Trinomial   Name: ____________

 

Factor completely.  Then find the letter which matches.

 

_____  1.  2x2 + 8x + 6                                    A.  None of the answers below

 

_____  2.  8 x3  1                                            B.  x (x2 + 1) (x  1) (x + 1)  

 

_____  3.  x3 + 27                                             C.  (x  3) (x2  3x + 9)

 

_____  4.  (x  + 5) x2    9 (x + 5)                     E.  It is prime.

 

_____  5.  x5  x                                                H.  (x + 5) (x + 3) (x + 3)

 

_____  6.  5 x2  20                                           L.  2x2 (4x  y + 6w)

 

_____  7.  8 x3  2 x2 y   + 12 x2 w                   N.  7x (x  3) (x + 3)     

 

_____  8.  3 x2  x  10                                     O.  5 (x  2) (x + 2)        

 

_____  9.  x4  25                                              O.  (x  1) (x + 1) (x2  x + 1) (x2 + x + 1)    

 

_____  10.  x6  1                                              R.  (x2 + 5) (x2  5)        

 

_____  11.  5 x3  40                                         R.  (2x  1) (4x2 + 2x + 1)

 

_____  12.  81x2  + 64                                       S.  (x  3) (x + 3)2

 

_____  13.  7 x3  63x                                        T.  2 (x + 3) (x + 1)

 

_____  14.  3x2  1                                             U.  (x  2) (3x  5)

 

_____  15.  x3 + 3x2  9x  27                            V.  5 (x  2) (x2 + 2x + 4)

 

                                                                            Y.  (x + 3) (x2  3x + 9)

  

Unscramble the letters to the first ten answers to get the first word below and unscramble the last five letters to get the second word.  Can you DECODE the message?

 

THIS  IS  A   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .   PRACTICE  THE  FIRST  FIVE  LETTERS,  NOT

 

THE  LAST  _ _ _ _ _ .