1. Factoring Polynomials

2. Factoring Numbers You will be learning in this lesson how to “undo” the process of multiplying polynomials that you learned to do from the previous lesson We will start by looking at factoring whole numbers We want to distinguish between two types of factoring: factorization of a number and prime factorization of a number These are related but not exactly the same Also remember that we are working here only with integers, so the numbers we will use and produce have no fraction or decimals parts

3. Factoring Numbers

6. Most students learn to prime factor a number by creating a factor tree You will not need this (most of the time) because you will be provided with a prime factorization table containing the prime factorization of whole numbers up to 194 Save this table since we will use it for other lessons later in the semester!

7. Factoring a Monomial

9. Guided Practice

11. Factoring a Monomial from a Polynomial

19. Guided Practice

21. Practice 4 Handout