Factoring trinomials when a=1
Factor: x^2-16
(x+4)(x-4)
Factors
What are the numbers you multiply together to get another number?
Factor: 3x^2+2x^3
x^2(3+2x)
Trinomial
What is a polynomial with 3 terms?
Factor: y^2+2y^3
y^2(1+2y)
Coefficient
What is the number in front of a variable?
(1/4)x^2-49
(1/2x-7)(1/2x+7)
Expression
What is a mathematical phrase that combines operations, numbers, and/or variables?
Factor into two binomials: y^4-7y^2-18
(y^2-9)(y^2+2)
x^2-4x^4
x^2(1-4x^2)
Prime Factorization
What is a way of expressing a number as a product of its prime factors?