Factoring Quadratic Trinomials with Leading Coefficient Other Than One (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Find the product (a x c) Write down the sum (b) List all of the possible factors of the result from step 1. Determine which factors will add together to give the sum from step 2. Rewrite the expression replacing the middle term with the sum of factors from step 4. Complete factorisation by grouping.

Example (1)

2x2 + 8x + 8
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Product = 2 x 8 = 16 Sum = 8 Factors of 16: ( 1, 16), (-1, - 16), (4, 4), (-4, -4), (2, 8), (-2, -8) (4, 4) (this combination was chosen because 4 + 4 = 8) 2x2 + 4x + 4x + 8 (2x2 + 4x) + (4x + 8) = 2x(x + 2) + 4(x + 2) = (2x + 4)(x + 2)

Example (2)

2x2 + 5x 12
1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Product = 2 x -12 = -24 Sum = 5 Factors of 16: ( 1, -24), (-1, 24), (2, -12), (-2, 12), (3, -8), (-3, 8), (4, -6), (-4, 6). (-3, 8) (this combination was chosen because -3 + 8 = 5) 2x2 3x+ 8x 12 (2x2 3x) + (8x 12) =

Factorise the following: (1) 2x2 + 5x + 2 (2) 3x2 10x 8 (3) 4x2 4x + 1 (4) 5x2 + 4x 1

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