Factoring Tutorials

• Factor out the GCF.

• Find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Factor out the GCF then find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Find factors of a⋅c that also add up to b. Then you divide by a and simplify. If you still have a fraction, the denominator becomes the coefficient of x.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: Rewriting an expression as a product of its factors.

• factoring

• greatest common factor

• Factor out the GCF.

• Find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Factor out the GCF then find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Find factors of a⋅c that also adds up to b. Then you divide by a and simplify. If you still have a fraction, the denominator becomes the coefficient of x.

• Factor out the GCF.

• Find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Factor out the GCF then find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Find factors of a⋅c that also adds up to b. Then you divide by a and simplify. If you still have a fraction, the denominator becomes the coefficient of x.

Match each polynomial with the correct label for factoring.

• Sum of Two Squares

• Difference of

  Two Squares

• Sum of

  Two Cubes

• GCF Only

• Difference of

  Two Cubes

If a = 4x and b = 5, write a SUM of Cubes Problem that would need to then be factored.

Mathematical Equivalence

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• Factor out the GCF.

• Find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Factor out the GCF then find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Find factors of a⋅c that also add up to b. Then you divide by a and simplify. If you still have a fraction, the denominator becomes the coefficient of x.

• Factor out the GCF.

• Find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Factor out the GCF then find the factors of the c that also add up to the b.

• Find factors of a⋅c that also add up to b. Then you divide by a and simplify. If you still have a fraction, the denominator becomes the coefficient of x.