To most effectively use the chart below, you should look for the following types of factoring in order. If you would just look for types of factoring in any order, the other types of factoring are much harder to find.
 

Factoring Type	Examples	Terms
Common Monomial		any number
Common Binomial		4
Difference of Two Squares		2
Perfect Square Trinomials		3
Riddle I		3
Riddle II		3
Difference of Two Cubes		2
Sum of Two Cubes		2
Difference of Two nth Powers		2

Some Notes from Class