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Master Teaching Guide coverage for this objective.
Resources
- Alpha textbook: Factorising by determining the common factor, Ex
- Alpha textbook: 15.10, pg 249 and Ex 15.12, pg 250
- Alpha textbook: Factorising by taking out the highest common factor,
- Alpha textbook: Ex 15.14, pg 251
- Alpha textbook: Factorising, Ex 15.13, pg 250 and PSE 15G, pg 250
- Alpha textbook: Factorising with letters as common factors, Ex 15.16,
- Alpha textbook: pg 252
- Alpha textbook: Check Your Understanding to review EXPANDING and
- Alpha textbook: FACTORISING, pg 253
- CorbettMaths on factorising single bracketsQuestions PDF · Answers
- Beta: Single brackets: Ex 9.04 to Ex 9.07, pgs 171 to 174
Terminology
- single bracket
- factorise
- factor
- term
- coefficient
- common factor
- highest common factor (HCF)
- divide
Task goals
- Find the highest common factor of algebraic terms and factor it out to write expressions in the form $a(bx+c)$.
- Use division to extract the common factor, then check by expanding back to the original form.
- Apply factorising to expressions with letter factors, negative terms, and multiple terms inside the bracket.
Key skills
- Factorise single brackets
- Common factor
- HCF
- Factorise quadratics
Quick stats
- 81 total questions
- 3 difficulty levels
- Answers included
For teachers
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