A5 Factorisation

Student Activities:
  1. Common Factors Notes and questions. The test covers more than this one topic (BBC Bitesize)
  2. Common Factors Interactive Test 8 questions easy to hard (Maths Online, Vienna University)
  3. Factorising a Difference of Squares 4 interactive questions with explanations (regentsprep.org)
  4. Quadratic Factorising 1 (4 questions) and Quadratic Factorising 2 (3 questions) (regentsprep.org)
  5. Review of Factorising 9 interactive mixed examples with answers and explanations (regentsprep.org)
  6. TEST1 TEST2 FOIL & Factorising: match the 10 questions with the 10 answers (by K Cole, Texas)
  7. Multiplication with Tables A useful series of interactive challenges reviewing common factor and quadratic factorising. Work through the 'activiteiten' systematically (Ignore the dutch language and watch for the occasional 11/2x , it should be 3/2x !) (WisWeb)
  8. Factorising by the Difference of Two Squares An interactive tutorial (wisc-online.com)
  9. Factorising 1 and Factiorising 2 and Factorising 3 Work out the examples then click to see the solutions. Click to generate new examples (mathsnet)
  10. Practise Factorising Work out the examples then click to see the solutions. Click to generate new examples (mathsnet)

 

Teaching Resources:
  1. Algebra Tiles 1 (positive coefficients) Algebra Tiles 2 (includes negative coefficients) Arrange the pieces into a rectangle to demonstrate quadratic factorisation (by Arlen Strader)
  2. Factorising Simple Quadratic Expressions Experiment with the slider controls to discover the factors (waldomaths.com)

 

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