1.   Factor -180x2y2
    A. -1 · 22 · 32 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    B. -1 · 22 · 9 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    C. 22 · 32 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    D. 4 · 9 · 5 · x · x · y · y
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  2.   Find the GCF of 14a2b4c and 56ab2c2
    A. 14a2b4c2 B. 56a2b2c2
    C. 56ab2c D. 14ab2c
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  3.   Factor 20a4b2 - 15ab + 30a2b
    A. a2b(20a2b - 15 + 30a)
    B. 5ab(4a3b - 3 + 6a)
    C. 5a2b(15a2b - 10 + 25a)
    D. 5(4a4b2 - 3ab + 10a2b)
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  4.   An expression for the area of a rectangle is xy – 2x + 3y – 6. Express this area in factored form.
    A. (x – 2)(y + 3) B. x(y – 2) + 3(y – 2)
    C. (xy – 2x)( 3y – 6) D. (x + 3)(y – 2)
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  5.   Factor 6y2 + 22y – 8.
    A. (2y– 4)(3y + 2) B. (6y – 1)(y + 8)
    C. 2(3y – 1)(y + 4) D. 2(3y – 2)(y + 2)
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  6.   Factor 4y2 – 9.
    A. (2y + 3)(2y + 3) B. (2y + 3)(2y – 3)
    C. (2y – 3)(2y – 3) D. prime
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  7.   Factor
    A. B.
    C. prime D.
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  8.   Which of the following trinomials is a perfect square trinomial?
    A. r2 - 6r + 36
    B. 4y2 + 10y + 25
    C. x2 + 16x + 16
    D. 9a2 - 12a + 4
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  9.   Solve x2x – 72 = 0.
    A. x = 9 B. x = 8 or x = -9
    C. x = -8 D. x = -8 or x = 9
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  10.   Solve 3x2 + 5 = 8x.
    A. x = 0 B. x = 5 or x = 1
    C. or x = 1 D. x = 1
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  11.   Joanne has a garden that is 9 feet long by 6 feet wide. She wants to increase the dimensions of the garden by the same amount, and have the area of the new garden be 5 times the area of the present garden. What should the new dimensions be?
    A. length = 15 ft
width = 18 ft
B. length = 24 ft
width = 30 ft
    C. length = 18 ft
wideth = 15ft
D. length = 30 ft
width = 24ft
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  12.   Factor 81x2 – 225.
    A. 9(3x – 5)(3x + 5) B. 9(9x – 5)(9x + 5)
    C. 9(9x – 25)(9x + 25) D. It is prime.
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