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Factoring Trinomials Practice
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Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to factoring. Only completely factored answers are deemed as correct. The cartoon people may, or may not, be helpful!!

1.
Factor completely:   3x2 + 15x + 12

Choose:
3(x + 4)(x + 3) 3(x + 4)(x + 1)
(x + 4)(x + 1) (3x + 1)(x + 4)
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2.
Factor completely:   5x2 - 18x + 9

Choose:
(5x - 3)(x + 3) (5x + 3)(x + 3)
(x - 3)(5x - 3) 5(x - 3)(x - 5)
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3.
Factor completely:   6x2 - 37x + 6

Choose:
6(x - 1)(x + 6) 6(x - 6)2
(x + 6)(6x + 1) (x - 6)(6x - 1)
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4.
Factor completely:   6x2 + 11x - 10

Choose:
2(x + 1)(3x - 5) (3x + 2)(2x - 5)
(6x - 2)(x + 5) (3x - 2)(2x + 5)
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5.
Factor completely:    2y4 + 2y2 - 24
Choose:
2y2(y - 3)(y + 4) 2(y2 - 3)(y2 + 4)
2y2(y + 3)(y - 4) (2y2 + 3)(y2 - 4)
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6.
Factor completely:    -8x3 - 18x2 - 4x

Choose:
2x(x + 2)(-4x + 1) -2x(-x - 2)(4x + 1)
-2x(x + 2)(4x + 1) 2x(-x + 2)(-4x + 1)
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7.
Factor completely:    5a2 - 11a + 6

Choose:
(5a - 3)(a - 2) (5a - 2)(a - 3)
(5a - 1)(a - 6) (5a - 6)(a - 1)
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8.
Factor completely:   20m2 + 18m - 14

Choose:
(4m - 2)(5m + 7) 2(2m - 1)(5m + 7)
(4m + 7)(5m - 2) 2(5m - 1)(2m + 1)
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9.
Factor completely:   12x2 + 12x + 3
Choose:
3(2x + 1)2 (4x + 3)(3x + 1)
(2x + 3)(6x + 1) 3(2x - 1)2
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10.
Factor completely:   2a2 - 11a + 5

Choose:
(2a - 1)(a + 5) (2a - 5)(a - 1)
(2a - 1)(a - 5) (2a - 5)(a + 1)
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