Key learning points

1. An expression can be described as being factorised.
2. An expression can be described as being fully factorised.
3. The distributive law can help us factorise an expression.
4. It is important to check the expression is fully factorised.

Keywords

• Factorise - To factorise is to express a term as the product of its factors.

• Fully factorise - To fully factorise is to factorise to the point that remaining term or terms cannot be factorised any further.

Common misconception