Factoring Special Forms

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: x squared minus 36
Factor: 9y squared minus 121
Factor: 4a squared minus 49b squared
Factor: x to the eighth minus 16
Factor: x squared + 16
Factor: 5x squared minus 45
Factor: x squared + 16x + 64
Factor: x squared + 20x + 100
Factor: n squared minus 6n + 9
Factor: n squared minus 6n minus 9
Factor: x squared + 4x y + 4y squared
Factor: 4x squared minus 12x y + 9y squared