Factoring by Finding a Greatest Common Factor

This video will teach you one key factoring technique: finding a Greatest Common Factor. It will take you through several examples to make sure you have a solid understanding of factoring before moving on to more difficult questions.

Factoring is a crucial skill to have in high school math, because it will be used in many chapters and units. At the same time, factoring is one of those areas in math class in which a lot of students struggle.

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[NotLegato]

really had a surprising amount of difficulty understanding the concept, but you really hammered it home. thanks!

[matthewchapman]

Question: in your first example (Power of X) you had X^3 divided by X^3, and the answer was 1. However, in the second example of Power of X, you had C^2 divided by C^2, and you said, "That term is not going to have a C value, " and you left it blank and moved on. What made it different from the first example? Was it because it was a part of a term of "AB" and it wouldn't make sense to put "AB1"?

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[uchidaoginome]

Wait, in the "a, b, c" problem, why aren't the largest exponents the "greatest common factors? Same with the"9, 15, 18" problem! How do you determine which number to "factor out"?

[hannahssilentvoice]

But what about trinomials that are not squares law??