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The number 9 can be written as a difference of two squares as 3 2 – 0 2 = 9 – 0 = 9. Can you find a different way to express it as the difference of two squares? Which numbers between 1 and 30 can be ...

In a quadratic expression, the highest power of \(x\) is \(x^2\). Factorise \(x^2 + 7x + 10\). To factorise this expression, find two numbers that have a product of +10 and a sum of +7. There are a ...

If you notice that the first term is a perfect square, and the second term is a perfect square, and you have a negative here, we can say that it is "the difference of two squares." What we want to do ...

In a quadratic expression, the highest power of \(x\) is \(x^2\). Factorise \(x^2 + 7x + 10\). To factorise this expression, find two numbers that have a product of +10 and a sum of +7. There are four ...