When factoring Polynomials, you are putting the brackets back in the equation. The first thing to look for is common numbers, if they are dividable by any of the same number, it is not prime. If there is a common factor, you divide all the numbers by it and place it in front of brackets….

This week I learned about prime factorization. Before this week I didn’t even know that this way of describing a number existed. It’s an easy way to find the smaller numbers that go into a bigger number. You start with 2 and keep dividing the bigger number by 2 until you can’t, then you divide…