Examples with solutions for Factorization - Common Factor: Extracting a Common Factor from a group of numbers following decomposition

Exercise #1

We factored the expression

4x2+16x 4x^2 + 16x

into its basic terms:

4xx+16x 4 \cdot x \cdot x + 16 \cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

To factor the expression 4x2+16x 4x^2 + 16x , we start by identifying the greatest common factor (GCF) of 4x2 4x^2 and 16x 16x . The GCF is 4x 4x . We factor out 4x 4x from each term:

4x2+16x=4xx+44x 4x^2+16x=\blue4\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue4\cdot4\cdot \orange x .

This simplifies the expression to 4x(x+4) 4x(x + 4) .

Answer

4x(x+4) 4x(x + 4)

Exercise #2

We factored the expression

4x2+2x 4x^2+2x into its basic terms:

22xx+2x 2\cdot2\cdot x\cdot x+2\cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

To factor the expression 4x2+2x 4x^2 + 2x , first notice that each term shares a common factor of 2x 2x : 22xx+2x \blue 2\cdot2\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue 2\cdot \orange x

Start by factoring out 2x 2x :

4x2+2x=2x(2x+1) 4x^2 + 2x = 2x(2x + 1)

Thus, the factored expression is 2x(2x+1) 2x(2x + 1) , as 2x 2 \cdot x is the common factor.

Answer

2x(2x+1) 2x(2x + 1)

Exercise #3

We factored the expression

5x2+10x 5x^2+10x into its basic terms:

5xx+52x 5\cdot x\cdot x+5\cdot2\cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

To factor the expression 5x2+10x 5x^2 + 10x , first identify the common factor in each term. Here, both terms share a 5x 5x factor.

5xx+52x \blue 5\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue5\cdot2\cdot\orange x

Next, factor out 5x 5x from each term:

5x2+10x=5x(x+2) 5x^2 + 10x = 5x(x + 2)

The common factor extracted is 5x(x+2) 5x(x + 2) , making it the simplified expression.

Answer

5x(x+2) 5x(x + 2)

Exercise #4

We factored the expression

6x2+3x 6x^2+3x into its basic terms:

32xx+3x 3\cdot 2\cdot x\cdot x+3\cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

For the expression 6x2+3x 6x^2 + 3x , the greatest common factor is 3x 3x : 32xx+3x \blue 3\cdot 2\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue3\cdot \orange x

When you factor out 3x 3x , the expression becomes:

6x2+3x=3x(2x+1) 6x^2 + 3x = 3x(2x + 1)

This expresses the original expression in its factored form, with 3x(2x+1) 3x(2x + 1) being the simplest form.

Answer

x(2x+1) x(2x+1)

Exercise #5

We factored the expression 3x2+12x 3x^2 + 12x into its basic terms:

3xx+12x 3 \cdot x \cdot x + 12 \cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

To factor the expression 3x2+12x 3x^2 + 12x , we start by looking for the greatest common factor (GCF) of the terms 3x2 3x^2 and 12x 12x . The GCF is 3x 3x . We can factor out 3x 3x from each term:

3x2+12x=3xx+34x 3x^2+12x=\blue3\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue 3\cdot4\cdot \orange x .

This allows us to write the expression as 3x(x+4) 3x(x + 4) .

Answer

3x(x+4) 3x \left(x + 4 \right)

Exercise #6

We factored the expression 3y+6y 3y + 6y into its basic terms:

3y+6y 3\cdot y + 6\cdot y

Take out the greatest common factor from the factored expression.

Step-by-Step Solution

We start with the expression 3y+6y 3y + 6y .

First, we notice that both terms share a common factor of y y .

So, we factor out y y from each term:

3y=y3 3y = y\cdot 3 and 6y=y6 6y = y\cdot 6 .

We can also see that 6 6 can be factored to 23 2\cdot3 .
Now when we look at the expression we can see that both y y and 3 3 are the common factor: 3y+23y \blue3\cdot \orange y+2\cdot\blue 3\cdot \orange y

This allows us to rewrite the expression as 3y(1+2) 3y\left(1+2\right) , as nothing is left from the first term, and so we keep there a 1 1 , and 2 2 is left from the second term.

Thus, the factored form is 3y(1+2) 3y\left(1+2\right)

Answer

3y(1+2) 3y\left(1+2\right)

Exercise #7

We factored the expression 5x2+25x 5x^2 + 25x into its basic terms:

5xx+25x 5 \cdot x \cdot x + 25 \cdot x

Take out the common factor from the factored expression

Step-by-Step Solution

To factor the expression 5x2+25x 5x^2 + 25x , we look for the greatest common factor (GCF) of the terms 5x2 5x^2 and 25x 25x . The GCF is 5x 5x . We factor out 5x 5x from each term:

5x2+25x=5xx+55x 5x^2+25x=\blue5\cdot \orange x\cdot x+\blue 5\cdot5\cdot \orange x .

This results in the expression 5x(x+5) 5x(x + 5) .

Answer

5x(x+5) 5x(x + 5)

Exercise #8

We factored the expression 9a+8a 9a+8a into its basic terms:

9a+8a 9\cdot a+8\cdot a

Take out the common factor from the factored expression.

Step-by-Step Solution

We start with the expression 9a+8a 9a+8a .

First, we notice that both terms share a common factor of a a .

So, we factor outa a from each term:

9a=a9 9a=a\cdot9 and 8a=a8 8a = a\cdot 8 .

This allows us to rewrite the expression as a(9+8) a(9+8) .

Thus, the factored form is a(9+8) a\left(9+8\right) .

Answer

a(9+8) a\left(9+8\right)