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What does factorising mean?

Putting back into brackets

What should you place outside the bracket when factorising?

The highest common factor (HCF)

How should you check your factorisation is correct?

Expand the bracket

How is $6y^2$ broken down into its factors?

$6 \times y \times y$

Factorise $7a + 21$

$7(a + 3)$

Factorise $10p + 15pq$

$5p(2 + 3q)$

What is the HCF of 24 and 16?

8

Factorise $24c^2 + 16c$

$8c(3c + 2)$

What is wrong with factorising $24c^2 + 16c$ as $2c(12c + 8)$ ?

Terms inside still have common factor

Factorise $18bc - 45b^2$

$9b(2c - 5b)$

What is $b^2$ written as in factor form?

$b \times b$

Factorise $18a^2b - 6ab + 30ab^2$

$6ab(3a - 1 + 5b)$

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