Factor Cubes Math
This terrific activity for factoring binomials.
Factor cubes math. The sum of two cubes equals the sum of its roots times the squares of its roots minus the product of the roots which looks like. The formula for factoring the sum of cubes is. Sum of cubes is a b a 2 ab b 2. 8 2 2 2 2 3.
A trinomial factor made up of the squares of the two cube roots added to the product of the cube roots in the middle. A 3 b 3 then factor the difference of cubes which follows almost exactly the same format as sum of cubes. They would factor out the negative. 3 x 1 3 x 2 3 x 1 1 2 3x 1 9x2 3x 1 content continues below.
Since a is the cube root of the first term a sqrt 3 1000x 3 2 1000x 3 2 1 3 10x 1 2. 8 left 2 right left 2 right left 2 right 2 3 8 2 2 2 23. Note the negative sign between a 3 and ab 2 votes. Since so many students have a difficult time remembering the rules for the sum and difference of two perfect cubes extra practice.
How to factor the difference of two perfect cubes a binomial factor a b made up of the two cube roots of the perfect cubes separated by a minus sign. The sum and difference cubes includes task cards quiz organizer hw and notes and is designed for algebra 1 and 2. A binomial factor a b and. Apply the rule for difference of two cubes and simplify.
This means that the expression they ve given me can be expressed as. So to factor i ll be plugging 3x and 1 into the sum of cubes formula. Since this is the difference case the binomial factor and trinomial factor will have negative and positive middle signs respectively. Likewise since b is the cube root of the second term b sqrt 3 343y 6 5 343y 6 5 1 3 7y 2 5.
A b a b a ab b. In this case a is x and b is 3 so use those values in the formula.