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Factors are numbers or algebraic expressions by which another is exactly divisible.
Divisibility is the state of being capable of being divided by another number without a remainder: 24 is divisible by 4.

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The process of factoring is breaking a number down into smaller parts. Sometimes you are asked to list the factors, which are all the numbers that divide into a given number evenly, with no remainder. The factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36.

Sometimes you are asked to provide the prime factors which are the prime numbers that multiply to make the number. The prime factorization of 36 is 2 x 2 x 3 x 3.

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Factors are numbers that multiply together to create products. 2 x 3 = 6 Two and three are factors of 6.
In the equation 2 x 3 = 6, 6 is the product of the factors 2 and 3.

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polynomials are problems and factoring is a way to solve them.

(2a-1)(8a-5)

16a^2 -10a-8a-5

16a^2 -18a-5

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Parts of a multiplication sentence. Factors multiply together to create products. In the sentence 3 x 6 = 18, 3 and 6 are factors of the product 18.

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