Algebra › Section F · Factoring › Topic F.3
Factoring special products
Some polynomials factor on sight, the moment you recognise their shape. Learn the handful of special-product patterns and the number hunt disappears - along with its most famous trap.
In this topic
- Patterns that factor on sight
- Difference of squares
- The trap: sums of squares are prime
- Spotting squares at a glance
- Perfect-square trinomials
- Difference of cubes
- Sum of cubes
- Worked example: peeling a fourth power
- Worked example: GCF first, then cubes
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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