Factoring Polynomials GRIDWORDS Challenge Set
Factoring - Factor all types of polynomials:
- Fun Practice with a twist! -
These worksheets will help your students practice factoring polynomials. This set includes 7 GridWords puzzles for factoring.
Each one focuses on a different type of factoring:
#1 - GCF
#2 - Difference of Two Squares
#3 - Factoring by Grouping
#4 - Factoring Trinomials with a = 1
#5 - Factoring Trinomials with leading coefficient other than 1
#6 - Sum/Difference of Two Cubes
#7 - Mixed Practice
After shading the factors in the grid, a word will appear. This "GridWord" can be used to quickly check work. Each "GridWord" in this set is the name of a place that the Golden Ratio can be seen in nature.
Challenge your students to figure out this connection between the words!
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Reviews from other teachers:
- I used the "a>1" version with my Honors Algebra students as a group review. They remained engaged during the entire class. I'm glad to have the additional pages for future uses with both Algebra and Honors Algebra. Thank you!
- My students enjoyed this activity. They enjoy coloring and figuring out what the word was. Super engaging. Highly recommend.
- This was a wonderful activity for my honors precal class when reviewing factoring. I used the mixed practice activity and let the class work in collaborative teams. I love that the words and factors are not easily figured out so the students must factor. I look forward to having the bundle on hand whenever practice is needed.
- I have used this multiple times since I have downloaded it. A great resource and has challenging and thought-provoking problems for the students, not just your regular old process problems.
- love love love these! The self-checking for students allows them to go back and see what the did wrong before turning in the paper!
- These worksheets were a great way for my students to get the practice that they need with the various methods of factoring quadratic expressions. The problems feature a good variety of rigor, which is perfect for group or partner work. My students found the process of searching for all of the terms within the grid a little tedious, but they worked together to make sure their grid was colored correctly.
- This resource allowed me give my class additional practice with factorizing in a fun way and the students appreciated the clear, straight forward appearance.
- Very fun activity!!! I had my class work in groups of three to complete certain pages as a factoring review assignment and they were fully engaged for multiple class periods. Thank you so much!
- I especially appreciate that they students cannot simply multiply the choices and find the answers, but they really have to know how to factor.
- These were perfect for review. I gave these out during winter break and the students really enjoyed them. I even gave extra credit for those who could figure out the connection between the words.
- Love everything about this product. The problems are challenging and I love that there different types of factoring problems.