1. FACTORING

2. Factoring a Monomial From a Trinomial

3.  Re-writing as the product of 2 or more factors.  For example: 6 = 2 · 38 = 4 · 2 But… we’ll use POLYNOMIALS.

4.  1. Find the GCF of the coefficients.  2. Find the largest power of each common variable.  3. The GCF is the product of steps 1 and 2  4. DIVIDE each term by the GCF.  Final answer is a multiplication problem: GCF ( Quotient after you divide )

5.  1) 4x + 22) 3n 2 – 10n  3) 3x 5 – 15x 4 4) 26y 12 – 2y 3  5) 48m 4 n 2 - 16mn 2  6) 12a 3 – 16a 2 -4a

6.  7) 52x 2 y 2 + 16xy 3 + 26z  8) 9x(3x – 4) – 4(3x – 4)  9) 3x(7x + 1) + 2(7x + 1)