Factoring: GCF, DOPS, Perfect Cubes

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What is the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)?

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The GCF of two or more numbers is the largest number that divides all of them without leaving a remainder.

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What is the formula for factoring a sum of cubes?

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What is a perfect square?

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A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the square of an integer.

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What is a perfect cube?

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A perfect cube is a number that can be expressed as the cube of an integer.

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Which number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube?

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64 is both a perfect square (8^2) and a perfect cube (4^3).

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What is the formula for factoring a difference of cubes?

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What is the first step in factoring a polynomial?

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The first step is to look for the GCF of all the terms in the polynomial.