A General Factoring Strategy

Each of the problems below is a link. If you click on the problem, it will take you to a YouTube video of a full, step-by-step solution for the problem. You may try these problems as practice and use the videos to check your answer, or you can just watch the videos to see more worked-out example problems.

Factor: 7a cubed b cubed minus 28a b to the fifth
Factor: 5y squared + 50y + 105
Factor: 12c squared + 39c d minus 36d squared
Factor: 10x to the fourth minus 10
Factor: x squared minus x minus 90
Factor: x y squared minus 4x + 4y squared minus 16
Factor: z squared + 7z + 5
Factor: 18a squared minus 6a b + 30a c minus 10b c
Factor: 30n squared + 34n minus 8
Factor: 9c squared minus 4d squared
Factor: 16x squared minus 56x y + 49y squared
Factor: 32x squared + 50