Open the Casio calculator on your MOM site under Course Materials and play along with the video below on using the Casio to factor trinomials.

1) To factor trinomials on the Casio, go to the menu and click on .

2) If you use the Casio to factor an equation, and you get answers of $\displaystyle {x}={4}$ and $\displaystyle {x}=-\frac{{2}}{{3}}$ then the factors are Preview Question 6 Part 3 of 6  

3) If you use the Casio to factor an equation, and you get answers of $\displaystyle {x}=-{8}$ and $\displaystyle {x}=\frac{{3}}{{5}}$ then the factors are Preview Question 6 Part 4 of 6  

4) Always factor out common factors first by hand before using the calculator. For example the expression $\displaystyle {2}{x}^{{2}}+{8}{x}+{16}$ has a common factor of and the expression $\displaystyle {3}{x}^{{3}}+{8}{x}^{{2}}+{16}{x}$ has a common factor of .