Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping

Work your way through factoring polynomials with a worksheet that starts with the GCF and ends with factoring by grouping. Each page provides an example as well as an answer key for each section. 

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Sal explains that the most significant common factor of any number is the largest number divisible into both monomials and not necessarily the number with the most significant value. He breaks down two numbers into their prime factors as...

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Model how to find the greatest common factor of monomial expressions with a video that works through three examples. The first is a constant, the second a single variable expression, and the third is a multivariable example.

Examine the process of factoring a greatest common factor from a multivariable polynomial. Here, a video tutorial shows four examples, each increasing in difficulty. The final example has coefficients and several variables.

Why is it a two-column proof? A video introduces the class to the concept of a two-column proof and how to set one up. The segment of a playlist on basic geometry highlights the types of reasons that can be in a proof.

An example of factoring by grouping is shown in this video. We look at a polynomial with six terms, by grouping the terms into two trinomials with common factors. Then we factor a couple times so that we factor completely.