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basic polynomial factoring assessment

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basic polynomial factoring assessment

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Foundations 10 name:

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Assessment 2024
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*** How much space you use depends on the person – sometimes there are more lines than you need.
Show all of your intermediate steps.

1. Expand and simplify :

a. 5x(6xy – 1) b. (2x + 3)(2x + 5)

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c. -2(x - 5)(x + 4)

d. (x + 7)(x – 7)
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2. Factor completely:

a) 3a²b – 18a³b b) 25x² – 144

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c) x2 + 14x + 33 d) x2 - 2x - 35

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2. Factor completely: e) x2 - 10xy + 25y2

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3. Factor completely:

a) -2x² − 2x + 84 b) 3x2 - 300y2

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c) 5x² + 17x + 6 d) 4x² - 3x - 10

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3. Factor completely: 4. Factor by parts
Leave with a binomial squared.

e) x3 - 16x2 + 64x f) 3x2 - xy - 12x - 4y

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5. Which of the following will result in a difference of perfect squares once expanded?

a.

b. ( 4 a +7 a ) ( 4 a−7 ) )
2

c.
2
d. ( 4 a y+7 )
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6. Find a value for ‘k’ such that this polynomial can be factored. There are several
different possibilities – you just need to find one. You can give a positive or a negative
value of k.
x 2 + kx+15

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BONUS 3 possible bonus marks

If the product of , what is the value of k?

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