Define Terms
What is a like term?
Terms that have the same variable and power
c+c+2b+c=
3c+2b
3 and 15
3
x2+8x+15
(x+3)(x+5)
Greatest Common Factors are sometimes referred to as...
Highest Common Factors
What is a Highest Common Factor?
The highest number that can be divided exactly into each of two or more numbers
a2+2a+3a2+b
4a2+2a+b
30 and 15
x2+8+12
(x+2)(x+6)
x2+13x+22
(x+11)(x+2)
Highest common factors are sometimes referred to as...
Greatest Common Factor
i+i+2b+i2+2b2+3b
2i+5b+i2+2b2
5 and 30
5
x2+4x+4
(x+2)(x+2)
Highest Common Factor of 99 and 22
11
What is factorising?
25r+3
25 and 5
5
x2+15x+44
(x+4)(x+11)
Collect Like Terms:
5a2+5a+2a2+2ab
7a2+5a+2ab
What is a trinomial?
An algebraic expression of 3 terms
99a+2a2-19a+3a2
80a+5a2
16 and 24
8
x2+7x+12
(x+3)(x+4)
x2+10x+25
(x+5)(x+5)