1.   Which of the following values is prime?
    A. 81 B. 96
    C. 72 D. 53
    Hint

  2.   Factor 14x2 - 28y2 + 56
    A. 14(x2 - 14y2 + 42) B. 14xy(x - 2y + 4)
    C. (2x + 7y + 2)(7x - 4y + 2) D. 14(x2 - 2y2 + 4)
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  3.   Factor 3y2 + 7y + 4.
    A. (3y + 1)(y + 4) B. (3y + 2)(y + 2)
    C. (3y + 1)(y + 7) D. (3y + 4)(y + 1)
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  4.   Factor 4y2 – 3y – 1.
    A. prime B. (4y – 1)(y + 1)
    C. (2y + 1)(2y – 1) D. (4y + 1)(y – 1)
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  5.   Factor 4y2 – 9.
    A. prime B. (2y + 3)(2y + 3)
    C. (2y + 3)(2y – 3) D. (2y – 3)(2y – 3)
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  6.   Which of the following trinomials is a perfect square trinomial?
    A. x2 + 16x + 16
    B. 9a2 - 12a + 4
    C. 4y2 + 10y + 25
    D. r2 - 6r + 36
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  7.   Is 79 prime or composite? If it is composite, what is its factorization?
    A. composite, 3 × 23 B. composite, 13 × 6
    C. prime D. composite, 7 × 11
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  8.   If the product of two factors is 0, which of the following cannot be true?
    A. Neither of the factors is 0.
    B. One of the factors is 10.
    C. Both of the factors are 0.
    D. One of the factors is 0.
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  9.   Factor x2 + 6x – 7.
    A. (x – 1)(x + 7) B. (x – 3)(x – 3)
    C. (x + 3)(x + 3) D. (x + 1)(x – 7)
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  10.   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 = 30 ft
width = 24ft
    C. length = 15 ft
width = 18 ft
D. length = 18 ft
wideth = 15ft
    Hint

  11.   Factor 3x3 + 3x2 – 12x – 12.
    A. (x – 2)(x – 2)(x + 1) B. 3(x – 2)(x – 2)(x + 1)
    C. (x – 2)(x + 2)(x + 1) D. 3(x – 2)(x + 2)(x + 1)
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  12.   Factor 81x2 – 225.
    A. 9(9x – 25)(9x + 25) B. It is prime.
    C. 9(9x – 5)(9x + 5) D. 9(3x – 5)(3x + 5)
    Hint



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