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 _ _ _ _ _ .