Factorizing Quadratic Expressions

Exercise -1 Factorize

(1) 2x2 + 3x + 1 (21) 5x2 + 40x +35 (41) 6a2 - a - 15

(2) 3x2 - 5x +2 (22) 3x2 + 24x + 36 (42) 6t2 - t - 2

(3) 4x2 + 7x +3 (23) 4x2 - 24x + 36 (43) 9x2 -12x + 4

(4) 2x2 - 7x + 3 (24) 5x2 - 5x - 30 (44) 5x2 - 7xy - 6y2

(5) 3x2 + 13x + 4 (25) 3x2 + 9x - 120 (45) 4x2 - 11x + 6

(6) 3x2 - 8x + 4 (26) 2x2 - 18x - 44 (46) 15x2 + 25x + 10

(7) 2x2 + 9x + 4 (27) 6x2 + 7x + 2 (47) 4x2 -6x - 4

(8) 5x2 - 17x + 6 (28) 6x2 + 19x + 15 (48) 6x2 + 9x + 3

(9) 2x2 + 11x + 12 (29) 15x2 + 11x + 2 (49) 18x2 - 21x - 30

(10) 7x2 - 29x + 4 (30) 12x2 + 28x + 15 (50) 8x2 + 34x - 30

(11) 2x2 - 3x -2 (31) 6x2 - 11x + 3 (51) 8x2 +14x + 6

(12) 3x2 + x - 4 (32) 9x2 - 18x + 8 (52) 25x2 - 65x -30

(13) 5x2 - 13x - 6 (33) 16x2 - 10x +1 (53) 9x2 +3x -12

(14) 4x2 +5x - 6 (34) 15x2 - 44x +21 (54) 6x2 + 26x +8

(15) 3x2 + 10 x - 8 (35) 20x2 - 23x +6 (55) 15x2 + 50x - 40

(16) 7x2 - 19x -6 (36) 8x2 -10x - 3 (56) 18x2 - 36x + 16

(17) 6x2 - 7x -10 (37) 15x2 - x -2 (57) 48x2 - 30x + 3

(18) 5x2 - 19x +12 (38) 21x2 +2x - 8 (58) 12x2 + 14x + 4

(19) 3x2 - 11x - 20 (39) 80x2 - 6x - 9 (59) 100x2 - 115x + 30

(20) 4x2 + 17x - 15 (40) 24x2 +17x - 20 (60) 24x2 - 4x - 8

Exercise -2
(1) 21x2 +70x - 56 (6) 16 - 20x - 6x2 (11) 20 + 40x + 15x2

H. M. H. Indika Herath, BEng ( Allahabad) , IEng, MIET (UK), PGDBA(Peradeniya)

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(2) 4 - 5x - 6x2 (7) 9 + 8x - x2 (12) x2 + 13x + 40
(3) 12 + 7x - 12x2 (8) 12 - 11x - x2 (13) 6x2 + 5x +1
(4) 21 + 25x - 4x2 (9) 8 + 24x + 18x2 (14) x2 + 6x - 7
(5) 24 - 16x + 2x2 (10) 45 - 30x + 5x2 (15) 2x2 + 7x - 15
Factorizing the difference between two squares factorize
(1) x2 - 2 (15) 16 - x2 (29) 100x2 - 49y2
(2) x2 - 4 (16) 25 - x2 (30) 9y2 - 16z2
(3) x2 - 100 (17) 81 - x2 (31) 4x2 - 49y2
(4) x2 - 1 (18) x2 - y2 (32) 81 x2 - 100y2
(5) x2 - 64 (19) a2 - b2 (33) 9a2 - 4b2
(6) x2 - 16 (20) 4z2 - 25 (34) 64p2 - 81q2
(7) x2 - 36 (21) 4x2 - 25 (35) 3a2 - 27b2
(8) x2 - 81 (22) 9x2 - 4 (36) 18t2 - 50s2
(9) x2 - 49 (23) 36a2 - 1 (37) 27x2 - 3y2
(10) 9 - x2 (24) 16a2 - b2 (38) 45x2 - 20
(11) 36 - x2 (25) 9x2 - 25 (39) 5a2 - 20
(12) 100 - x2 (26) 4a2 - 1 (40) 45 - 5x2
1 2
(13) a2 - b2 (27) 16a2 - 9b2 (41) a − 2b 2
2

a2 b2
(14) 2
9y - z 2
(28) 2
25s - 9t 2
(42) −
4 9
1 2
(43) 27x2 - y (49) (3x - 4y)2 -1 (55) 7a2 b2 -7
3

x2 y2
(44) − (50) (2x +5y)2 - (2x -5y)2 (56) p2 - (2q +3r)2
16 25
(45) 1- 9p2 (51) a2 - 2a +1 - 4b2 (57) (a-2b)2 - a2 b2
(46) a2 b2 - c2 (52) 9x2 - 4 (2x - y)2 (58) (3p + 7q)2 - (5p -2q)2
(47) p3 - 49p (53) 64x2 - 100y2 (59) 9x2 - 4y2 - 4y - 1
(48) x2 - (2y -1)2 (54) 16p2q2 - 25a2b2 (60) 9x2 - 9b2 + 6ab - a2

H. M. H. Indika Herath, BEng ( Allahabad) , IEng, MIET (UK), PGDBA(Peradeniya)

Registered Incorporated Engineer – Engineering Council UK
Corporate Member Chartered Institute of Engineering & Technology UK