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Factorising simple expressionsmc-bus-factorsimple-2009-1Int roductionBefore studying this material you must be familiar with the process of removing brackets as outlinedon leafletsRemoving Brackets 1 & 2. This is because Factorising can be thought of as reversing theprocess of removing brackets. When we factorise an expression it is written as a product of two ormore terms, and these will normally involve and FactorsTo obtain theproductof two numbers they are multipliedtogether. For example the product of 3and 4 is3 4which equals 12.

Factorising simple expressions mc-bus-factorsimple-2009-1 Introduction Before studying this material you must be familiar with the process of ‘removing brackets’ as outlined

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