The process of breaking up a polynomial into smaller parts that multiply together to form the polynomial
What is factoring?
(2x + 5) - (x - 3)
What is x + 8?
The GCF of 5x + 20
What is 5?
What are 2, 3 and 5?
All of the factors of 2x2 - 2
What are 2, (x+1) and (x-1)?
A polynomial that has 3 terms
What is a trinomial?
x(x2 + 3x - 4)
What is x3 + 3x2 - 4x?
The GCF of 9x3 + 3x2
What is 3x2?
The first step in factoring any trinomial
All of the factors of 18x2 - 32y2
What are 2, (3x + 4y) and (3x - 4y)?
The degree of a polynomial whose highest exponent is 2
What is quadratic?
(- 3x2 + 2x - 4) - (2x2 - 5x - 7)
What is -5x2 + 7x + 3?
All of the factors of 8x2 + 24x
What are 8x and (x + 3)?
All of the factors of 2x2+10x+12
What are 2, (x+3) and (x+2)?
All of the factors of 8x3 - 27
What are (2x - 3) and (4x2 + 6x + 9)?
The number 3 in the polynomial 4x2 + 2x + 3x5 + 4
What is the leading coefficient?
(2x + 1)(x3 + 2x2 + 2)
What is 2x4 + 5x3 + 2x2 + 4x + 2?
All of the factors of 4x3 + 8x2 + 7x + 14
What are (4x2 + 7) and (x + 2)?
All of the factors of 2x3 - 4x2 + 3x - 6
What are (2x2 + 3) and (x - 2)?
All of the factors of 14x2 + 49x + 21?
What are 7, (2x+1) and (x+3)?
What you get when you divide the leading coefficient of this polynomial by its constant:
x3 - 4x2 + x5 - 4 + 10x
What is -1/4?
(x - 2)(x2 + 2x + 4)
What is x3 - 8?
All of the factors of 6x3+9x2+12x+18
What are 3 and (x2 + 2) and (2x + 3)?
All of the factors of -4x3 + 2x2 - 16x + 8
What are -2, (x2+4) and (2x - 1)?
All of the factors of 8x3 + 32x2 - 2x - 8?
What are 2, (2x+1), (2x-1), and (x+4)?