Factorising is the inverse of expanding brackets. The function machines below demonstrate this. Factorise 6t + 10. To factorise, look for a number which is a factor of both 6 and 10 (that is why it is ...

Factorising an expression means finding the factors that multiply together to give that expression. For \(\mathbf{x^2 + 5x + 6}\), the first step is to find two numbers whose sum is 5 and whose ...