Factoring Practice
I. Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
Find the GCF of the numbers.
1. 12, 18
2. 10, 35
3. 8, 30
4. 16, 24
5. 28, 49
6. 27, 63
7. 30, 45
8. 48, 72
II. Greatest Common Monomial Factor
Factor, write prime if prime.
1. 
2. 

3.  
4. 

5.  
6. 

7. 

8. 
 
9. 


10. 
 
11. 


12.  

13. 
 
14. 


III. Factoring the Difference of Two Squares
Factor, write prime if prime.
1.
2.
3.
4.

5. 

6. 

7. 
8.
9. 
10.

11. 
12.

13. 

14. 
15.  
16. 

17. 

18.
19.  
20. 

21. 
22. 


18, 30
6 = GCF






IV. Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials
Factor, write prime if prime.
1.
 
2.
 
3.
 
4.
 
5. 

6. 

7. 

8.
 
9. 
 
10. 
 
11. 
 
12.   
13. 

14. 

15. 
 
16.

17.

18. 
 
19.  
20.  
V. Special Factoring – Challenge
Factor, write prime if prime.
1.

2. 

3. 

4.

5.

6.

7. 
8.

9.


10.

11.  
12.

13.

14. 
 
15. 

16. 
 
17. 


18.  

19.
20.


VI. Factoring Trinomials: x
2
+ bx + c
Factor, write prime if prime.
1.

2.

3.
 
4.
 
5.
 
6.
 
7.
 
8.
 
9.
 
10. 
 
11.
 
12.
13.
 
14.
 
15.

16.
 
17.
 
18.
 
19.
 
20.
 
21.  
22.
 




VII. …More Factoring Trinomials: x
2
+ bx + c
Factor, write prime if prime.
1.
 
2.
 
3.

4.

5.
 
6.
 
7.

8.
 
9. 
10.
 
11.  
12.
 
13.
 
14.
 
15. 

16. 
 
(Hint: Check for GCF)
17.
 
18.
 
19.
 
20.
 
VIII. Factoring Trinomials: ax
2
+ bx + c
Factor, write prime if prime.
1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 
 
9. 

10. 
 
11. 
 
12. 

13. 
 
14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 
 
18. 
 
19. 

20.

 
IX. …More Factoring Trinomials: ax
2
+ bx + c
Factor, write prime if prime.
1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 
5. 

6. 
 
7. 
 
8. 
 
9. 
 
10. 

11. 
 
12. 
 
13. 
 
14. 
 
15. 
 
16. 
 




X. Factoring: Putting It All Together
Factor Completely, write prime if prime.
1. 
2. 

3. 
 
4. 
 
5. 
 
6. 
 
7. 

8. 
 
9. 
 
10.  

11.  
12. 

13. 

14. 
 
15. 
 
16. 

XI. …More Factoring: Putting It All Together
1. 
 
2. 
 
3. 
 
4. 


5. 


6.
7.


8.

9.

10. 

11. 

12.

13. 

14.

XII. Extra: Factoring by Grouping
1.
  
2. 
  
3.

4.    
5.


6. 
 
7.  

8.
  
9. 

10. 
11.

12.
 
13.
14.





















Factoring Practice Key
I. Greatest Common Factor
1. 6
2. 5
3. 2
4. 8
5. 7
6. 9
7. 15
8. 24
II. Greatest Common Monomial Factor
1.

2. 

3.
4. 
5.

6. 

7. 
 
8.

9. 

10. prime
11.

12. 
 
13. 
14. 

III. Factoring the Difference of Two
Squares
1.

2.

3. prime
4.

5.



6.



7.



8.

9.

10.



11.



12.

13.



14.

15. prime
16.
 


17.



18.

19. 



20.



21.



22.



IV. Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

7.

8.
9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16. prime
17.
18.

19.
20.

V. Special Factoring – Challenge
1.

2.



3.
 

 
4.
 

 
5.


6.


7.

8.


9.




10.


11.



12.

13.
14.
 
15.

16.

17. 
18. 

19.





20.


VI. Factoring Trinomials: x
2
+ bx + c
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.


7.


8.

9. prime
10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.


18.

19.


20.

21.

22.

VII. …More Factoring Trinomials: x
2
+ bx + c
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.


11.





12.



13.


14.



15.



16.



17.


18.



19.


20.



VIII. Factoring Trinomials: ax
2
+ bx + c
1.


2.


3.


4.


5.


6.



7.


8.


9.



10.



11.


12. prime
13.



14.



15.


16.


17.


18.



19.



20.


IX. …More Factoring Trinomials: ax
2
+ bx + c
1.


2.


3.


4.


5.


6.



7.



8.
 


9.
 


10.



11. prime
12.



13.
 

 
14.
 

 
15.
 
16.



X. Factoring: Putting It All Together
1.

2.

3.

4.


5.


6.

7.



8.


9.
10. 

11. 

12. 

13.



14.


15.
16. 

XI. …More Factoring: Putting It All Together
1.


2.

3.


4. 
5.


6.


7.

8.


9.




10.



 

 
11. 

12.







13.


14.
XII. Extra: Factoring by Grouping
1.

2.


3.

4.

5.

6.



7.

8.


9.



10.

11.


12.


13.
14.
