Checking and securing understanding of factorising
I can use the distributive law to factorise expressions where there is a common factor.
Checking and securing understanding of factorising
I can use the distributive law to factorise expressions where there is a common factor.
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Key learning points
- An expression can be described as being factorised.
- An expression is fully factorised if the highest common factor has been taken out.
- The distributive law can help us factorise an expression.
Keywords
Factor - A factor is a term which exactly divides another term.
Factorise - To factorise is to express a term as the product of its factors.
Common misconception
Leaving answers which are not fully factorised when they are required to.
There should be a focus on reading questions to decipher what they are being asked to do. When they have to fully factorise they need the highest common factor of all the terms. LC3 focuses on situations where they are not going to fully factorise.
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