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Learning objective overview
Master Teaching Guide coverage for this objective.
Current NZC (2007)
NA5-8
New NZC (2026)
NZC26-P4-ALG-ER-P-Y9-01NZC26-P3-ALG-ER-K-Y8-02NZC26-P3-ALG-ER-P-Y8-05
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.
Where this fits
What leads into this objective, and where it goes next.
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Factors, Highest Common Factors & Primes
Multiples & Lowest Common Multiples
Solving inequalities
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Factorising single brackets
Do
Simplifying and manipulating algebraic expressions involving sums, products, differences, and positive integer powers, by: collecting like terms; factorising using common factors; expanding products, including multiplying a single term by a bracketed term.
Statement▸
Year 9 · Algebra · Equations and relationships
NZC26-P4-ALG-ER-P-Y9-01
Also under NA5-8:
For teachers
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