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Factorising Quadratics
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- Slide 1: Factorising Quadratics
Index
1. What are quadratics?
2. Factorising quadratics (coefficient of x2 is 1)
3. Predicting the signs of the final answer.
4. Factorising Quadratics (coefficient of x2 is not 1)
- Slide 2: Factorising Quadratics
What are they?
Remember expanding two bracket problems
(x + 3)(x + 4)
= x×x + x×4 + 3×x + 3×4
= x2 + 4x + 3x + 12
add the like terms
= x2 + 7x + 12
In this example the resulting equation is called a QUADRATIC EQUATION.
The biggest power of x is 2 in Quadratic Equation.
Examples of quadratic equations:
x2 + x + 2 x2 – 2x + 6 4x2 – 100 2x2 – 14x + 20
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- Slide 3: Factorising Quadratics
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
Factorising is reversing the process of removing brackets.
To factorise a quadratic you need to put back the two brackets.
Let’s take a closer look at how the quadratic was formed.
(x + 3)(x + 4) Where does the 3rd term come from?
multiply the last terms of each bracket
= x×x + x×4 + 3×x + 3×4
Where does the middle term come from?
= x2 + 4x + 3x + 12
add the last two terms of each bracket
= x2 + 7x + 12
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- Slide 4: Factorising Quadratics
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
Now let’s start with a quadratic equation and try to find the two brackets
Your answer will always look like this
x2 + 5x + 6
Your task is to find two numbers so that
when you multiply them you get the last term
= (x + 2 )(x + 3 ) and
when you add them you get the middle term
factors of 6 For this example you must find two numbers that
multiplied together give 6 (write down the factors of 6)
1 6
and
2 3
added together gives 5 (circle the two numbers)
write these two numbers in the brackets
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- Slide 5: Factorising Quadratics
Factorising Quadratic Expressioins
Example 2: Factorise the following quadratic equation
Your answer will always look like this
x2 + 9x + 8
Your task is to find two numbers so that
their product is the last term
= (x + 1 )(x + 8 ) and
their sum is the middle term
factors of 8 For this example you must find two numbers that
multiplied together give 8 (write down the factors of 8)
1 8
and
2 4
added together gives 9 (circle the two numbers)
write these two numbers in the brackets
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- Slide 6: Factorising Quadratics
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
Example 3: Factorise the following quadratic equation
Your answer will always look like this
x2 + 9x + 18
Your task is to find two numbers so that
their product is the last term
= (x + 3 )(x + 6 ) and
their sum is the middle term
factors of 18 For this example you must find two numbers that
multiplied together give 18 (write down the factors of 18)
1 18
and
2 9
added together gives 9 (circle the two numbers)
3 6
write these two numbers in the brackets
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- Slide 7: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
What happens when there are negative numbers in the equation?
Here are the various options: First look at the 2nd sign, then the 1st sign.
If the 2nd sign is + the both signs of the
brackets will be the SAME
x2 + 5x + 6 = (x + 2)(x + 3)
The 1st sign tells you Both +
that both signs will be +.
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- Slide 8: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
What happens when there are negative numbers in the equation?
Here are the various options: First look at the 2nd sign, then the 1st sign.
If the 2nd sign is + the both signs of the
brackets will be the SAME
x2 – 5x + 6 = (x – 2)(x – 3)
The 1st sign tells you Both –
that both signs will be – .
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- Slide 9: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
What happens when there are negative numbers in the equation?
Here are the various options: First look at the 2nd sign, then the 1st sign.
If the 2nd sign is – the signs will be OPPOSITE
x2 – x – 6 = (x + 2)(x – 3)
Larger
The 1st sign tells you
number
that the larger factor will
is –
be – .
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- Slide 10: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
What happends when there are negative numbers in the equation?
Here are the various options: First look at the 2nd sign, then the 1st sign.
If the 2nd sign is – the signs will be OPPOSITE
x2 + x – 6 = (x – 2)(x + 3)
The 1st sign tells you Larger
that the larger factor will number
be + . is +
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- Slide 11: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
What happends when there are negative numbers in the equation?
Here are the various options: First look at the 2nd sign, then the 1st sign.
x2 + x + 6 (x + )(x + )
Both will be +
x2 – x + 6 (x – )(x – )
Both will be –
Larger number will be –
x2 – x – 6 (x + )(x – )
Smaller number will be +
Larger number will be +
x2 + x – 6 (x – )(x + )
Smaller number will be –
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- Slide 12: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
Example 4: Factorise the following quadratic equation
If the 2nd sign is – the signs will be OPPOSITE
Your answer will always look like this
x2 – 3x – 10
The 1st sign tells you
= (x + 2)(x – 5 ) For this example you must find two numbers that
that the larger factor will
multiplied together give –10 (write down the factors of 10)
be – .
and
added together gives –3 : the larger number will be negative,
the smaller will be positive (circle the two numbers)
factors of 10
write these two numbers in the brackets
1 –10
2 –5
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- Slide 13: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
Example 4: Factorise the following quadratic equation
If the 2nd sign is + the signs will be the SAME
Your answer will always look like this
x2 – 7x + 6
The 1st sign tells you
= that– 1)(x – 6 )
(x both will be –. For this example you must find two numbers that
multiplied together give 6 (write down the factors of 6)
and
added together gives –5 : both numbers are negative
factors of 6 (circle the two numbers)
–1 –6 write these two numbers in the brackets
–2 –3
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- Slide 14: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
Example 6: Factorise the following quadratic equation
If the 2nd sign is – the signs will be OPPOSITE
Your answer will always look like this
x2 + x – 12
The 1st sign tells you
= (x – 3)(x + 4 ) For this example you must find two numbers that
that the larger factor will
multiplied together give –12 (write down the factors of 12)
be + .
and
added together gives –1 : the larger number will be positive,
the smaller will be negative (circle the two numbers)
factors of 12
write these two numbers in the brackets
–1 12
–2 6
–3 4
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- Slide 15: Factorising Quadratics
Predicting the signs
Example 7: Factorise the following quadratic equation
If the 2nd sign is – the signs will be OPPOSITE
Your answer will always look like this
x2 + 2x – 8
The 1st sign tells you
= (x – 2)(x + 4 ) For this example you must find two numbers that
that the larger factor will
multiplied together give –8 (write down the factors of 8)
be + .
and
added together gives 2 : the larger number will be
factors of –8 positive, the smaller will be negative (circle the two
–1 8 numbers)
write these two numbers in the brackets
–2 4
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- Slide 16: Factorising Quadratics
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
where the coefficient of x2 is not 1
Method:
Using the quadratic can be written as ax2 + bx +c
1. Look for two numbers that:
• multiply to ac and
• add to b
Call these numbers p and q
2. Write ax2 + bx +c as ax2 + px + qx +c
3. Now factorise ax2 + px + qx +c in two stages
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- Slide 17: Factorising Quadratics
E.g.1
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
where the coefficient of x2 is not 1
For the equation ax2 + bx +c
ac = 12 × –6 = –72
Your task is to find two numbers (call
12x2 + x – 6 them p and q) so that
when you multiply them you get the ac
b=1
ac = –72
and when you add them you get the b
factors of -72
ax2 + px + qx +c
–8 × 9 = – 72 Now factorise
–1 72
–2 36 in two stages
–8+9=1
–3 14
12x2 + x – 6
–4 18
p = –8
–6 12
q=9 = 12x2 – 8x + 9x – 6
–8 9
= 4x(3x – 2) + 3(3x – 2)
= (3x – 2)(4x + 3)
- Slide 18: Factorising Quadratics
E.g.2
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
where the coefficient of x2 is not 1
For the equation ax2 + bx +c
ac = 3 × 2 = 6
Your task is to find two numbers (call
3x2 + 7 x + 2 them p and q) so that
when you multiply them you get the ac
b=7
ac = 6
and when you add them you get the b
factors of 6
ax2 + px + qx +c
1×6=6 Now factorise
1 6
2 3 in two stages
1+6=7
3x2 + 7 x + 2
p=1
q=6 = 3x2 + 1x + 6x + 2
= x(3x + 1) + 2(3x + 1)
= (3x + 1)(x + 2)
- Slide 19: Factorising Quadratics
E.g.3
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
where the coefficient of x2 is not 1
For the equation ax2 + bx +c
ac = 10 × –3 = –30
Your task is to find two numbers (call
10x2 – 13 x – 3 them p and q) so that
when you multiply them you get the ac
b = –13
ac = –30
and when you add them you get the b
factors of 30
ax2 + px + qx +c
2 × –15 = –30 Now factorise
1 –30
2 –15 in two stages
3 –10
2 + –15 = –13 10x2 – 13 x – 3
5 –6
p=2
q = –15 = 10x2 + 2x – 15x – 3
= 2x(5x + 1) – 3(5x + 1)
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