Factoring by Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
Students will learn to extract the greatest common monomial factor from polynomial expressions.
Key Questions
- Explain the process for finding the GCF of terms within a polynomial.
- Predict how factoring out a GCF changes the structure of a polynomial expression.
- Assess the importance of factoring out the GCF as a first step in all factoring problems.
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