1.   Factor -180x2y2
    A. -1 · 22 · 9 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    B. -1 · 22 · 32 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    C. 4 · 9 · 5 · x · x · y · y
    D. 22 · 32 · 5 · x · x · y · y
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  2.   Factor 54x3y2
    A. 2 · 33 · x · x · x · y · y
    B. 23 · 3 · x · x · x · y · y
    C. 2 · 33 · x · x · y · y · y
    D. 2 · 27 · x · x · x · y · y
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  3.   Factor 4y2 – 3y – 1.
    A. (4y + 1)(y – 1) B. (2y + 1)(2y – 1)
    C. prime D. (4y – 1)(y + 1)
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  4.   Factor 7xy2 - 28x3
    A. prime B. 7x(y + 2x)(y - 2x)
    C. (7xy + x)(y – 28x2) D. 7x2y2(1 + x)
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  5.   Factor x2 – 8x + 16.
    A. (x - 8)2 B. (x + 4)(x – 4)
    C. (x + 4)2 D. (x - 4)2
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  6.   What is the factored form of the polynomial 23x2 – 69x?
    A. 23x(x – 3) B. 23x(x2 + 3)
    C. 23x(x + 3) D. 23x(x2 – 3)
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  7.   If the product of two factors is 0, which of the following cannot be true?
    A. One of the factors is 10.
    B. One of the factors is 0.
    C. Both of the factors are 0.
    D. Neither of the factors is 0.
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  8.   When factoring quadratic trinomials of the form x2 + bx + c, what is true about m and n if the factored form is (x + m)(x + n)?
    A. Their sum is equal to c, and their product is equal to b.
    B. The sum of b and c is equal to the product of m and n.
    C. The product of b and c is equal to the sum of m and n.
    D. Their sum is equal to b, and their product is equal to c.
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  9.   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 = 24 ft
width = 30 ft
B. length = 15 ft
width = 18 ft
    C. length = 30 ft
width = 24ft
D. length = 18 ft
wideth = 15ft
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  10.   Factor 4x2 – 14x – 8.
    A. 2(2x + 1)(x – 4) B. (2x + 1)(x – 2)
    C. (2x + 1)(x – 4) D. 2(2x + 1)(x – 2)
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  11.   Factor 16b4 – 36b2.
    A. 4b2(2b – 3)(2b + 3) B. 4b2(4b – 3)(4b + 3)
    C. 2b2(2b – 3)(2b + 3) D. 2b2(4b – 3)(4b + 3)
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  12.   Solve the following: (q + 2)2 = 25.
    A. {3} B. {–7, 3}
    C. {–7} D. {–3, 3}
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