Factoring is both a science and art. There are many different ways to factor, especially trinomials. To view a presentation of factoring, you see my PREZI presentation on “The Art of Factoring” Presentation.
Factoring has four general steps.
1. Always find the GCF
2. Identify the number of terms
3. Identify specifically what is given
4. Apply shortcut or strategy of factoring
Videos on Factoring
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – concept – overview
Algebra
– polynomials – factoring – concept 2 – prime or not
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 1 – factoring by grouping
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 2 – grid method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 3 – grid method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 4 – factoring by grouping
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 5 – GCF and difference of squares
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 6 – difference of squares
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 8 – difference of cubes
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 9 – quadratic method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 10 – quadratic method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 11 – AC method or splitting the middle
term
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 12 – box method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 13 – trial and error method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 14 – product/sum method
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 15 – fake factoring
Algebra –
polynomials – factoring – example 16 – sum of cubes
Algebra
– polynomials – factoring – example 17 – factoring with substitution
Algebra
– polynomials – factoring – example 18 – difference of squares, difference
of cubes, and sum of cubes in one polynomial
To check your factoring…
To find the factoring chart and other resources, check out my website: http://jdmathguy.weebly.com/algebra.html
Happy factoring.
