WORKSHEET ON
FACTORISATION
1) Common factors of 6 xyz, 24 xy2 and 12 x2y
Ans: 6xy
2) Factorise:
(a) 20a2 – 45b2
Ans: 5 (2a+3b) (2a-3b)
(b) 14(3x – 5y)3 + 7(3x – 5y)2
Ans: 7 (3x – 5y)2 (6x-10y+1) / 7 (3x-5y) (3x-5y) (6x-10y+1)
(c) 15xy + 15 + 9y + 25x
Ans: (5x+3) (3y+5)
(d) (x + y)2 – 4xy
Ans: (x-y)2 / (x-y) (x-y)
(e) x2 + 6x – 16
Ans: (x+8) (x-2)
(f) (4x2 – 100) ÷ 6(x + 5)
2
Ans: 3 (x-5)
(g) 9x2 - y2 + 4y – 4
Ans: (3x+y-2) (3x-y+2)
(h) 4(x+y)2 – 28(x2 – y2) + 49(x-y)2.
Ans: (9y – 5x)2 / (9y-5x) (9y-5x)
(i) x4 – (x – y)4.
Ans: (2x2-2xy+y2) (2xy-y2)
(j) x2 + 18x + 81
Ans: (x+9)2 / (x+9) (x+9)
(k) x2y2 - 6xyz + 9z2
Ans: (xy – 3z)2 / (xy-3z) (xy-3z)
(l) 39n3(50n2 – 98 ) ÷ 26n2(5n – 7)
Ans: 3n (5n+7)