Department of Education

Region III
Division of Zambales
District of Masinloc

SUMMATIVE TEST
FACTORING POLYNOMIALS
QUARTER I(WEEK 1 – 2)
NAME: ______________________ DATE: _____________
GR.& SECTION: ______________ SCORE: ____________

Direction: For items # 1 – 5, match each polynomial under column A to its complete factors under column B. Write the letter of
the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
Column A Column B
______ 1. 12c2 – 20c A. 5c2 (3c4y + 2cy + 4)
______ 2. 10d2y3 - 20d5y B. 25c2 (2m – c)
______ 3. 20c2 + 35c3 C. 10d y (y2 – 2d3)
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______ 4. 15c6y + 10c3y + 20c2 D. 5c2 (4 + 7c)

______ 5. 50c2m- 25c3 E. 4c (3c – 5)
F. 5c3y (3c3 – 2)
G. 3c2 (1 + 4cd)
Direction: For items # 6 – 10, factor the following polynomials completely.
6. a2b4 – 81 ______________________
7. 16a6 – 25b2 ____________________
8. 4m2 – 9n2 _____________________
9. 25x2 – 4y2 _____________________
10. y2 – 49 _______________________

Direction: For items # 11 – 15, write the missing factor to complete the process of factoring sum and difference of two cubes.
Polynomial Binomial Factor Trinomial Factor
11. a3 + b3 _________________ (a2 – ab + b2)
12. 27c3 + 8d3 _________________ (9c2 – 6cd + 4d2)
13. y3 – 8 (y – 2) ___________________
14. s3 – 125u3 (s – 5u) ___________________
15. 8r3 + 125t6 (2r + 5t2) ___________________
Direction: For items # 16 – 20, identify which of the trinomials are perfect square. Put a (□) if it is a perfect square trinomial and
if not put a (○). Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
________16. m2 + 12m + 36
________17. a4b2 – 6abc + 9c2
________18. 24x2 + 24x + 6
________19. h2o2+ 2hope + p2e2
________20. e10 – 100e5f5 + 100f5
Direction: For items # 21 – 25, factor each of the trinomial using ac method. Write the missing factor on the space provided.
21. 2k2 – 11k + 12 = (k – 4) ( ? )
22. 6h2 – h – 2 = ( ? ) (2h – 1)
23. 2a2 + 5a – 12 = (a + 4)(? ? )
24. 6z2 – 5z – 6 = (3z + 2) ( ? )
25. 3x2 + 10x + 7 = ( ? )(x + 1)
Direction: For items #26 – 30, Solve the following problems systematically.
Find two consecutive positive even integers whose product is 224.
Given: 26. __________________________________________
27. __________________________________________

Asked: 28. _________________________________________

Solution: 29. _______________________________________
Answer: 30. ________________________________________