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Factorising Quadratics Dauntsey's School

1: Factorise the following:

a) t2 - t = __________ b) b2 + 6b = __________ c) f 2 - 5f = __________
d) u2 + 2u = __________ e) y2 - 7y = __________ f) k2 + 7k = __________
g) l2 + 5l = __________ h) g2 + 8g = __________

2: Factorise the following:

a) m2 + 13m + 30 = __________ b) a2 + 16a + 63 = __________
c) z2 + 16z + 64 = __________ d) j2 + 18j + 80 = __________
e) v2 + 14v + 49 = __________ f) q2 + 18q + 81 = __________
g) n2 + 12n + 32 = __________ h) e2 + 16e + 60 = __________

3: Factorise the following:

a) p2 - 10p + 21 = __________ b) w2 - 11w + 24 = __________
c) r2 - 12r + 35 = __________ d) h2 - 13h + 42 = __________
e) d2 - 11d + 30 = __________ f) c2 - 15c + 56 = __________
g) x2 - 12x + 20 = __________ h) s2 - 10s + 24 = __________

4: Factorise the following:

a) y2 + 18y + 81 = __________ b) j2 - 20j + 100 = __________
c) u2 - 6u + 9 = __________ d) g2 - 18g + 81 = __________
e) v2 + 6v + 9 = __________ f) a2 + 20a + 100 = __________
g) p2 - 8p + 16 = __________ h) b2 + 2b + 1 = __________

5: Factorise the following:

a) n2 - 64 = __________ b) e2 - 36 = __________ c) z2 - 9 = __________
d) t2 - 25 = __________ e) w2 - 4 = __________ f) s2 - 1 = __________
g) m2 - 100 = __________ h) q2 - 81 = __________

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6: Factorise the following:
a) l2 - 10l + 16 = __________ b) d2 + 11d + 30 = __________
c) x2 + 4x = __________ d) r2 + 4r - 60 = __________
e) f 2 - 49 = __________ f) h2 - 4h + 4 = __________
g) c2 - 16 = __________ h) k2 - 9k + 20 = __________

7: Factorise the following:

a) 15g2 + g - 2 b) 42t2 + t - 1 c) 4z2 + 12z + 5 d) 63w2 - 16w + 1

__________ __________ __________ __________

e) 90a2 - a - 1 f) 24y2 + 2y - 1 g) 10n2 + 71n + 7 h) 15m2 - 11m + 2

__________ __________ __________ __________

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Answers: Factorising Quadratics Dauntsey's School

1: a) t(t - 1) b) b(b + 6) c) f (f - 5) d) u(u + 2)

e) y(y - 7) f) k(k + 7) g) l(l + 5) h) g(g + 8)

2: a) (m + 10)(m + 3) b) (a + 7)(a + 9) c) (z + 8)(z + 8) d) (j + 8)(j + 10)

e) (v + 7)(v + 7) f) (q + 9)(q + 9) g) (n + 4)(n + 8) h) (e + 10)(e + 6)

3: a) (p - 7)(p - 3) b) (w - 8)(w - 3) c) (r - 5)(r - 7) d) (h - 6)(h - 7)

e) (d - 5)(d - 6) f) (c - 7)(c - 8) g) (x - 10)(x - 2) h) (s - 4)(s - 6)

4: a) (y + 9)2 b) (j - 10)2 c) (u - 3)2 d) (g - 9)2

e) (v + 3)2 f) (a + 10)2 g) (p - 4)2 h) (b + 1)2

5: a) (n + 8)(n - 8) b) (e + 6)(e - 6) c) (z + 3)(z - 3)

d) (t + 5)(t - 5) e) (w + 2)(w - 2) f) (s + 1)(s - 1)
g) (m + 10)(m - 10) h) (q + 9)(q - 9)

6: a) (l - 2)(l - 8) b) (d + 6)(d + 5) c) x(x + 4) d) (r - 6)(r + 10)

e) (f + 7)(f - 7) f) (h - 2)2 g) (c + 4)(c - 4) h) (k - 5)(k - 4)

7: a) (5g + 2)(3g - 1) b) (7t - 1)(6t + 1) c) (2z + 1)(2z + 5)

d) (9w - 1)(7w - 1) e) (10a + 1)(9a - 1) f) (6y - 1)(4y + 1)
g) (n + 7)(10n + 1) h) (3m - 1)(5m - 2)

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