Prepared by:

Jackie Lou F. Salvador

BSED 4A - Mathematics Major
 Activity 1: Message from the King
Description:
This activity will give you an idea on how factors are associated with products. You will
match the factors in column A with the products in column B to decode the secret
message of the king.
Column A Column B

1. 4x (3x-5) A. 6x2y2 + 3xy3 – 3xy2

2. 3xy2(2x + y - 1) F. x3-27
3. (x + y)(x – y) G. 4x2 – 9
4. (2x + 3) (2x - 3) R. 4x2+12x+9
5. (x-5y)(x+5y) U. 12x2-20x
6. (x+y)2 E. 6x2+x-2
7. (2x+3)2 T. ac – ad + bc –bd
8. (x-5y)2 S. mr – nr +ms – ns
9. (x+4)(x-3) C. x2-y2
10. (2x-1)(3x+2) I. 2x2-x-10
11. (x+2)(2x-5) O. x2-10xy+25y2
12. (x-3)(x2+3x+9) N. x2+x-12
13. (x+3)(x2-3x+9) H . x3 + 27
14. (a+b)(c-d) M. x2+2xy+y2
15. (m-n)(r+s) L. x2-25y2
16. (3x+4)(3x-4) P. 9x2 – 16
17. (3x-4)2 V. 9x2 – 24x + 16
 Message of the king!

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
12 2 3 14 8 7 11 9 4 11 15 14 13 10
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
7 10 17 10 7 15 10 8 12
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
6 1 5 14 11 16 5 11 3 2 14 11 8 9
What did you discover
between the
relationship of
products and its
factors?
– Factoring - process of finding the factors of an
expression, which is the reverse of multiplication.
– Prime Number - a number greater than 1 which
has only two positive factors: 1 and itself.
– Polynomial - an expression of more than two
algebraic terms, especially the sum of several
terms that contain different powers of the same
variable(s).
 Types of Factoring

– Factoring the Greatest Common Monomial Factors

– Difference of two squares
– Sum and difference of two cubes
– Perfect square trinomials
 Activity 2: Finding Common

Description: Your task in this activity is to

identify common things that are present in
the three pictures.
 Follow up questions:

1. What are the things common to these pictures?

2. Are there things that make them difference?
3. Can you spot things that are found in one picture but
not on the other two?
4. What are the things common to two pictures but are not
found on the other two?
 Factor: 12x3y5 – 20x6y2z

STEPS:
1. Find the GCF of the numerical coefficient.
2. Find the variable with the least exponent that appears
in each term of the polynomial.
3. The product of the greatest common factor in (1) and
(2) is the GCF in the polynomial.
4. To completely factor the given polynomial, divide the
polynomial by its GCF, the resulting quotient is the
other factor.