The Art of Factoring

Let's talk factoring

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 7 - GCF

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…

Algebra – polynomials – factoring and multiplying – concept 1

Algebra – polynomials – factoring and multiplying – concept 2

To find the factoring chart and other resources, check out my website: http://jdmathguy.weebly.com/algebra.html

Happy factoring.