Factorising (AQA GCSE Maths): Flashcards

Putting brackets back into algebraic expressions

Expanding brackets

Factors taken out and placed at the front of the brackets

Find largest number dividing all terms

Identify lowest power of each variable

$a^2 - b^2 = (a + b)(a - b)$

Difference Of Two Squares

To simplify by cancelling common factors

Expand the brackets back out

$3x(x + 2)$