Factoring Helper for Quadratics and Cubics (7 Factoring Methods)

Use this Factoring Helper to Introduce the 7 common factoring methods:

GCF, Factor By Grouping, XBox, Difference of Squares, Perfect Square Trinomial, Difference of Cubes and Sum of Cubes.

It includes key concepts, vocabulary, formulas, tricks and examples.

Prompt students to use different colored highlighters to emphasize vocab and/or make connections. See Student Example/Answer Key at the end of the document.

I force my students to have this out during classwork practice and encourage them to refer to it during homework and assessments.